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hobgoblin
(mass) | hobgoblin
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hobgoblin
(encz) | hobgoblin,skřítek n: Zdeněk Brož |
hobgoblin
(encz) | hobgoblin,šotek n: Zdeněk Brož |
Hobgoblin
(gcide) | Hobgoblin \Hob"gob`lin\, n. [See 2d Hob, and Goblin.]
A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly
given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. --Macaulay.
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hobgoblin
(wn) | hobgoblin
n 1: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that
makes trouble for human beings [syn: goblin, hob,
hobgoblin]
2: an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a
bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin
of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson [syn: bugbear,
hobgoblin] |
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Hobgoblin
(gcide) | Hobgoblin \Hob"gob`lin\, n. [See 2d Hob, and Goblin.]
A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly
given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. --Macaulay.
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