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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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