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English Dictionary: FOB/ by the DICT Development Group
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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.
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