A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Hobgob, n. (Shortened form of e.m.E. (1530) hobgoblin(g.) —c 1655 Fugitive Poetry xxviii. 23.
Irish hob-gobs [and] fierie-ferries
