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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GIB-GASH, n. A fluent or voluble speaker, one with a “gift of the gab”.Sc. 1889 Jokes (Series 2) 93 (E.D.D. Suppl.):
He [the preacher] is a rare gib-gash.

[A variant of gab-gash s.v. Gab, n.1]

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