Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hobgoblin.
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Examples
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Maybe the little fellow ran into something too big for him, even with his fine new weapon—a hobthrush, or a bush-goblin, or another harpy.
the Scalzi remakes LITTLE FUZZY thing hradzka 2010
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Maybe the little fellow ran into something too big for him, even with his fine new weapon - a hobthrush, or a bush-goblin, or another harpy.
The Fuzzy Papers Piper, H. Beam 1962
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Maybe the little fellow ran into something too big for him, even with his fine new weapon -- a hobthrush, or a bush-goblin, or another harpy.
Little Fuzzy H. Beam Piper 1934
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On this the hobthrush put his head out of the splash-churn, which was amongst the household stuff, and said, 'Ay, we're flitting'.
The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1850
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