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Significados de hobgoblin en inglés

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

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An object of dread or apprehension.

Uso de hobgoblin en inglés
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You cannot deter me now with such loose hobgoblin-talk about civil war.
The system of the world
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But another hobgoblin, seeing Caramon charge over, leaped out of the window.
Dragons of autumn twilight
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Dimly outlined against the night, he has the appearance of a friendly hobgoblin.
They and I
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A roasted hobgoblin will be served soon after the meeting opens.
Blue Bonnet in Boston; or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's
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Then Charteris cocked his head to one side and grinned like a hobgoblin.
The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations
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Human imagination never conceived hobgoblin or witch more ugly than she.
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life
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Not even the dragonhelm could keep away the foul odor of perspiring hobgoblin.
Dragons of autumn twilight
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Tika, still wielding her skillet, thunked a hobgoblin over the head.
Dragons of autumn twilight
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That was the best part of it, said the hobgoblin.
The Pink Fairy Book
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He scarcely dared to breathe lest the hobgoblin should observe and seize him likewise.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
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The hobgoblin extravaganza Mr. Prokofieff wrote unfolds itself with rapidity.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
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There was gritty laughter from the trees behind the hobgoblin.
Dragons of autumn twilight
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A low moaning sound came from beneath two hobgoblin bodies.
Dragons of autumn twilight
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You're not going to frighten me in that hobgoblin sort of way, you know.
Can You Forgive Her?
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Peregrine deferred his hobgoblin laughter, for success emboldened him farther.
A Reputed Changeling; Or, Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago
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It was the most dangerous hobgoblin I've seen.
Fantastic Orgy
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