gob‧lin /ˈɡɒblən, ˈɡɒblɪn $ ˈɡɑːb-/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: gobelin, from Medieval Latin gobelinus, perhaps from Greek kobalos 'bad man']
a small ugly creature in children’s stories that likes to trick people
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