(n.) A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune.
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Hobgoblin
Definition:
(n.) A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow.
Example Sentences:
(1) Next month the Labour party will do likewise, chanting against the hardy hobgoblins of banking, tax-dodging and Toryism.
(2) I'm taking a break from screenwriting right now, although I'm developing a TV project with my wife for HBO, a second world war spy series called Hobgoblins , about a bunch of magicians and con-artists who are hired by British intelligence to perpetrate cons and scams against the Germans.
(3) Pro-Europeans, who can see the benefits of EU membership without dreaming up federalist hobgoblins, do not think such constitutional protection necessary.