goblin

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  1. noun A grotesque elfin creature of folklore, thought to work mischief or evil.

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  • But Jenny kept singing, hoping that the goblin was just passing by and wouldn't stop. —  Volk
  • He was tempted to do just that: become a winged goblin, and see what she looked like then. —  Volk
  • It sounded like the voice that told that goblin--or whatever it is--to grab the girls Doc Savage had continued forward swiftly at Monk's startling announcement. —  074 - The World's Fair Goblin
  • But I heard some fellow talking about a goblin What's a goblin--can it hurt you Danged if I know. —  074 - The World's Fair Goblin
  • Each goblin was about half the height of a human man, dark skinned, with a big ugly head and big hands and feet. —  Up In A Heaval
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  1. Middle English gobelin, from Norman French *gobelin, name of a ghost that supposedly haunted the town of Évreux in the 12th century.

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  1. from Middle English gobelyn, from Old French gobelin, a goblin, hobgoblin, Robin Goodfellow (cf. Middle Latin gobelinus, a goblin, Bret, gobilin, will-o'-the-wisp), from Middle Latin cobalus, corahis, a goblin, demon, from Greek κόβαλος, an impudent rogue, an arrant knave, plural κόβαλοι, a set of mischievous goblins, invoked by rogues. The W. coblyn, a goblin, is an accommodation of the English word to W. coblyn, a thumper, pecker (coblyn y coed, woodpecker), from cobio, thump. The G. kobold, a spirit of the earth, is prob. of different origin: see kobold, cobalt.
 

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