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Hobgoblin

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Noun

1. goblin, hob, hobgoblin

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

2. bugbear, hobgoblin

an object of dread or apprehension

Example Sentences:
'Germany was always a bugbear for France'
'A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hobgoblin

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noun
1. 
an evil or mischievous goblin
2. 
a bogey; bugbear

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Hobgoblin

see synonyms of hobgoblin
noun
1. 
an elf; goblin
2. 
a frightening apparition; bogy; bugbear
3.  [H-]
Robin Goodfellow; Puck

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hobgoblin

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n.
1. An ugly, mischievous elf or goblin.
2. An object or a source of fear, dread, or harassment; a bugbear: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" (Ralph Waldo Emerson).

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