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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fob \Fob\, n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.]
A little pocket for a watch.
{Fob chain}, a short watch chain worn a watch carried in the
fob.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fob \Fob\, v.t. [imp. & p. p. {Fobbed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Fobbing}.] [Cf.Fop.]
1. To beat to maul. [Obs.]
2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on --Shak.
{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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fob
n 1: a pocket in a man's vest to hold a pocket watch [syn: {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: {watch chain}, {watch guard}]
v : pull a fast one play a trick on somebody; "We tricked the
teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next
week" [syn: {trick}, {fox}]
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