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  1. 1. n. A little pocket for a watch. Source: opted
  2. 2. v.t. To beat; to maul. Source: opted
  3. 3. v.t. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. an adornment that hangs from a watch chain Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. deceive somebody Source: wordnet
  8. 8. A little pocket for a watch. Fob chain, a short watch chain worn a watch carried in the fob. 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. Source: webster
  9. 9. A little pocket for a watch. Fob chain, a short watch chainworn a watch carried in the fob. Source: adambom
  10. 10. v:26/n:74 n. a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch n. an adornment that hangs from a watch chain n. short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest Source: ecdict

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