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Meanings of goblin in anglès

portuguès
hobgoblin
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(Folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.

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Examples for "hob"
Examples for "hob"
1
But would a Neff hob and new granite worktop help, at all?
The Guardian
2
The teapot you can put on the hob, for it is nickel.
A Simpleton
3
It's dinnertime.' He lifted the lid of the cauldron on the hob.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
4
Lifting the saucepan on to the hob, she turned to Mr. Elster.
Elster's Folly: A Novel
5
And unlike the hob over there, I do not relish the attention.
The iron king
1
You cannot deter me now with such loose hobgoblin-talk about civil war.
The system of the world
2
But another hobgoblin, seeing Caramon charge over, leaped out of the window.
Dragons of autumn twilight
3
Dimly outlined against the night, he has the appearance of a friendly hobgoblin.
They and I
4
A roasted hobgoblin will be served soon after the meeting opens.
Blue Bonnet in Boston; or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's
5
Then Charteris cocked his head to one side and grinned like a hobgoblin.
The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations
Usage of goblin in anglès
1
I would ask permission to uphold the goblin's honor in this matter.
A kiss of shadows
2
At length he heard once more what the father goblin was saying.
The Princess and the Goblin
3
The late goblin pilot had made the destruction of his ship count.
World of warcraft: the shattering: prelude to cataclysm
4
Then the magic goblin went back to his tree in a moment.
Twenty-Two Goblins
5
My saunters in the grounds, however, never surprised the goblin garden again.
The Damned
6
But Maddy was trying to remember the word the goblin had spoken.
Runemarks
7
The goblin flew, and in an instant he was by their side.
Algonquin Legends of New England
8
The goblin descended from its eminence, and directed the course of Roderic.
Imogen: A Pastoral Romance
9
A good goblin seamstress can peel a skin without a single tear.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
10
A goblin arrow stuck into the gunwale, just barely missing Tanis's hand.
Dragons of autumn twilight
11
And secondly, the goblin shuttle was held together by spit and prayers.
Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident
12
There in the goblin's hands was the trinket from the duke's house.
Shadow prowler
13
And as he walked along, the goblin told the king a story.
Twenty-Two Goblins
14
I thought it was a battalion of goblin guards at the least.
Dragons of autumn twilight
15
When the goblin heard this, he went back to the sissoo tree.
Twenty-Two Goblins
16
No wonder that the ghost and goblin stories had a new zest.
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Goblin through the time
Goblin across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common