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hobgoblin

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hobgoblin: see goblin goblin or hobgoblin, in French folklore, small household spirit, similar to the Celtic brownie . Goblins perform household tasks but also can make mischief, such as pulling the covers off sleepers. They like wine and pretty children.
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The robbers, who had been not a little frightened by the opening concert, had now no doubt that some frightful hobgoblin had broken in upon them, and scampered away as fast as they could.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
Some few persons I have met by chance, and sent them home heartily frighted, as from the oddness of my dress and figure they took me for a ghost or a hobgoblin.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Help this rascal to set up the coach," sai the hobgoblin to me; then, with a terrific screech at three countrymen at a distance, "Here, you fellows, ain't you ashamed to stand off when a poor woman is in distress?
Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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