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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Fob

/(fŏb)/ · IPA /fɒb/
01 n. A little pocket for a watch; -- callled also a watch pocket.
  1. 1.
    A little pocket for a watch; -- callled also a watch pocket. Also: watch pocket
  2. 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.
Phrases & compounds
Fob chain — a short watch chain worn with a watch carried in the fob; a fob{2}.
02 v. t. To beat; to maul.
imp. & p. p. Fobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fobbing
  1. 1.
    To beat; to maul.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    To cheat; to trick; to impose on.
Phrases & compounds
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."