slobgollion Whaling slang.
(slɒbˈgɒljən)
[Origin unknown: cf. slumgullion.]
A substance found in sperm-oil (see quot.).
| 1851 H. Melville Moby Dick III. viii. 65 It is called slobgollion; an appellation original with the whalemen... It is an ineffably oozy, stringy affair, most frequently found in the tubs of sperm, after a profound squeezing, and subsequent decanting. |