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Meanings of goblin in inglês

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

        hobgoblin
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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 inglês
        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.
        The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all na...
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        Ireland
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
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