Fob \Fob\ (f[o^]b), n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.]
1. A little pocket for a watch; -- callled also a watch
pocket.
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2. a short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch, usually worn hanging out of the watch pocket, and used to conveniently remove the watch from the watch pocket. [PJC]
Fob chain, a short watch chain worn with a watch carried in the fob; a fob[2]. [1913 Webster]
Fob \Fob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fobbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fobbing.]
[Cf.Fop.]
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1. To beat; to maul. [Obs.]
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2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
To fob off, to shift off by an artifice; to put aside; to delude with a trick."A conspiracy of bishops could prostrate and fob off the right of the people." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
fob
noun1: a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch [syn: fob, watch pocket]
2: an adornment that hangs from a watch chain
3: short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest [syn: fob, watch chain, watch guard]
verb
1: deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week" [syn: flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on]
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