Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hobgoblin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hobgoblin \Hob"gob`lin\, n. [See 2d Hob, and {Goblin}.]
A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly
given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hobgoblin
n : (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that
makes trouble for human beings [syn: {goblin}, {hob}]
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