Fob
[fɒb] or [fɑb]
Definition
(noun.) short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest.
(noun.) an adornment that hangs from a watch chain.
(noun.) a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch.
Editor: Xenia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A little pocket for a watch.
(v.t.) To beat; to maul.
(v.t.) To cheat; to trick; to impose on.
Typed by Gilda
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Watch-pocket.
Inputed by Enoch
Definition
n. a small pocket in the waistband of trousers for a watch: a chain with seals &c. hanging from the fob.
n. a trick.—v.t. to cheat.
Edited by Allison
Examples
- Out of the right fob hung a great silver chain, with a wonderful kind of engine at the bottom. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- A gold watch-chain, and seals, depended from his fob. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Certain,' replied the man, drawing a gold watch from his fob; 'I expected him here before now. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In one of my fobs there was a silver watch, and in the other a small quantity of gold in a purse. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
Checker: Mitchell