fob

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And then she showed him the old English shilling which she wore on her watch-fob, the charm which she had drawn from Eugenia's wedding cake.

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  1. noun A small pocket at the front waistline of a man's trousers or in the front of a vest, used especially to hold a watch.
  2. noun A short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch and worn hanging in front of the vest or waist.
  3. noun An ornament or seal attached to such a chain or ribbon.
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  • About the size of a key fob, CarChip Pro helps you keep track of your vehicle and how you or others are driving it. —  ChannelWeb Complete Feed
  • The loyalty card is available in two forms: a key fob, and a sticker that can be affixed to a cell phone, both designed by inlay compliant with the ISO 14443 standard, and encoded with a unique encrypted ID number. —  Rfidjournal.com NEWS RSS Feed
  • The windows aren't one-touch and there is no remote fob (let alone proximity sensor) so you'll have to actually put the key in the door lock. —  Automotive Headlines
  • An RFID reader signals the door to unlock when met with a recognized key fob or smart card. —  CNET News.com
  • Instead the glasses have a small key fob, which has a single button to press to take the photos, which can be attached to keys, to a belt, snowboard trousers or just put casually in your pocket. —  Sega Nerds
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Etymologies (8)

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  1. Probably akin to Low German Fobke, small pocket.
  2. Middle English fobben, probably from fob, trickster.

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  1. In another form fub, q. v.; the same, with change of the final consonant, as fop, q. v.
  2. from Middle English fobbe; from fob, v.
  3. Cf. German dial. (Prussian) fuppe, a pocket (Brem. Dict.); Skinner also quotes G. fupsack.
  4. from fob, n.
  5. Origin obscure.
  6. English dial., origin obscure; hardly an altered form of foam.
 

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