hobgoblin
The origin and history of hobgoblin.
Etymology
Made up of hob (“elf”, from Hob, a variant of Rob, short for Robin Goodfellow, an elf in Germanic folklore) plus goblin.
The origin and history of hobgoblin.
Made up of hob (“elf”, from Hob, a variant of Rob, short for Robin Goodfellow, an elf in Germanic folklore) plus goblin.
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