Definition of Fob

Pronunciation: fǒb
n.1.A little pocket for a watch; - callled also a watch pocket.
2.a short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch, usually worn hanging out of the watch pocket, and used to conveniently remove the watch from the watch pocket.
Fob chain
a short watch chain worn with a watch carried in the fob; a fob{2}.
v. t.1.To beat; to maul.
2.To cheat; to trick; to impose on.
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.


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