From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhobgoblinhob‧gob‧lin /hɒbˈɡɒblən, ˈhɒbɡɒb- $ ˈhɑːbɡɑːb-/ noun [countable] RFa goblin
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hobgoblin• And what of hobgoblins, gnomes and the little people of Ireland?• How do we know that dwarves or goblins or hobgoblins, that kind of thing, didn't really live here?• As a child, I was treated as the school hobgoblin.• Ill-treated hobgoblins can cause strife and discord, though, souring milk, tangling clothes and muddying floors for spite.Origin hobgoblin (1500-1600) hob “bad spirit” ((15-19 centuries)) (from Hob, a man's name, from Robert) + goblin 