GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Fob (fŏb), n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.]
1. A little pocket for a watch; -- callled also a watch pocket.
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2. a short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch, usually worn hanging out of the watch pocket, and used to conveniently remove the watch from the watch pocket.
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Fob chain, a short watch chain worn with a watch carried in the fob; a fob2.
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Fob (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fobbed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Fobbing.] [Cf.Fop.]
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1. To beat; to maul. [Obs.]
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2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. Shak.
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To fob off, to shift off by an artifice; to put aside; to delude with a trick."A conspiracy of bishops could prostrate and fob off the right of the people." Milton.
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