n. [ Gob mouth + stick. ] 1. (Angling) A stick or device for removing the hook from a fish's gullet.
He . . . wrenched out the hook with the short wooden stick he called a “gobstick.” Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
2. A spoon. [ Prov. Eng. or Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]