Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A hobgoblin.
Examples
“Maybe the little fellow ran into something too big for him, even with his fine new weapon—a hobthrush, or a bush-goblin, or another harpy.”
“Maybe the little fellow ran into something too big for him, even with his fine new weapon - a hobthrush, or a bush-goblin, or another harpy.”
“Maybe the little fellow ran into something too big for him, even with his fine new weapon -- a hobthrush, or a bush-goblin, or another harpy.”
“On this the hobthrush put his head out of the splash-churn, which was amongst the household stuff, and said, 'Ay, we're flitting'.”
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The Devil and His Imps
Names of 'the Devil himself, the devils his "flaming ministers", household goblins, rural demons, bogles, sprites, and fairies of all kinds' mentioned in Charles P.G. Scott's 'The Devil and His Imp...
devil, devilet, deviling, dablet, black angel, black man, black bear, black bull, black dog, bogle, bogie, boggard and 128 more...
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Rabindranath Not Included
i can't never forget thiccyn's!
bubaline, dezinkhornifistib..., hirundine, bee veil, cuckoo spit, resistentialism, hobthrush, burniebee, hookem-snivey, fattiehead, mompyns, mons and 142 more...
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Wordie/Wordnik Curio Cabinet
Oddments culled from my "main" lists that belong in a display cabinet of their own, plus sundry other curiosities. :-)
zeugma, ziggurat, xiphoid, xeric, whizgigging, whangdoodle, viviparous, vivific, vinolent, verjuice, vellicate, velleity and 1193 more...
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Beloved WotD
scatterling, hobthrush, figurant, colporteur, ramage, plim, dwine, cloop, humstrum, volery, snaffle
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they make me happy
apogee, flummox, dollop, undulate, senescence, soliloquy, ricochet, ennui, phalanx, nosh, smarmy, abscond and 73 more...
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