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Webster 1913 Edition

(fŏb)

Noun.

[Cf. Prov. G.

fuppe

pocket.]

A little pocket for a watch; – callled also a

watch pocket

Fob chain

a short watch chain worn with a watch carried in the fob; a fob{2}.

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Fobbed

(#)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Fobbing

[Cf.Fop.]

To beat; to maul.

[Obs.]

To cheat; to trick; to impose on.

Shak.

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.

Noun.

A little pocket for a watch.

Verb.

To cheat; to trick; to impose on.

To fob off, to shift off by an artifice; to put aside; to delude with a trick. [A low word.]