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hobgoblin::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | goblin, hob |
| Type of | evil spirit |
Examples of hobgoblin
hobgoblin
Always something new to regulate, always a new hobgoblin from which to save us.
From the forbes.com
Consistency, as he sees it, is the hobgoblin of those without other hobgoblins.
From the time.com
Romney's judgment has never been noticeably clouded by the hobgoblin of little minds.
From the time.com
Didn't you ever hear that consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds?
From the bostonherald.com
Consistency, he seems to think, is the hobgoblin of losing campaigns.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds, but it is the hallmark of every successful chain.
From the independent.co.uk
Hobgoblin, you've lofted far too many strawmen up in the air.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Sorry, hobgoblin, you are stuck back on your own 1 yard line.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Goblin: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
- Bugbear: an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Hobgoblin is a term typically applied in folktales to describe a friendly but troublesome creature of the Seelie court.
- Wychwood Brewery is an English brewery founded by Paddy Glenny in 1983, and located in the town of Witney, Oxfordshire. It is owned by Refresh UK, a subsidiary of Marstons plc. The company's flagship brand is Hobgoblin, a 5.2% abv premium bitter.
- Hobgoblin by John Coyne is a 1981 horror novel about Scott Gardiner, a teenaged boy who becomes obsessed with Hobgoblin, a fantasy roleplaying game based on Irish mythology, as his life in the game and in reality slowly blend.
- The Hobgoblin is the alias of several fictional characters that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #238, and was created by Roger Stern and John Romita, Jr. ...
- In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, hobgoblins are a larger, stronger, smarter and more menacing form of goblins. They are smaller and weaker than bugbears, but better organized. Hobgoblins are humanoids that stand nearly 6'6" tall on average, a little taller than orcs. ...
- Hobgoblin is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
- Puck, also known as Robin Goodfellow, is a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream that was based on the ancient figure in English mythology, also called Puck. Puck is a clever and mischievous elf and personifies the trickster or the wise knave. ...
