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fob

1 [fob]

–noun

1.	a small pocket just below the waistline in trousers for a watch, keys, change, etc. Compare watch pocket.

2.	a short chain or ribbon, usually with a medallion or similar ornament, attached to a watch and worn hanging from a pocket.

3.	the medallion or ornament itself.

Origin:
1645–55; orig. uncert.; cf. G dial. Fuppe pocket

fob

2 [fob]

–verb (used with object), fobbed, fob⋅bing.

1.	Archaic. to cheat; deceive.

—Verb phrase

fob off,

a.	to cheat someone by substituting something spurious or inferior; palm off (often fol. by on): He tried to fob off an inferior brand on us.

b.	to put (someone) off by deception or trickery: She fobbed us off with false promises.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME fobben; c. G foppen to delude; cf. fob ¹

f.o.b.

Commerce.

free on board: without charge to the buyer for goods placed on board a carrier at the point of shipment: automobiles shipped f.o.b. Detroit.

Also, F.O.B.

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fob¹ (fŏb)

A small pocket at the front waistline of a man's trousers or in the front of a vest, used especially to hold a watch.
1. A short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch and worn hanging in front of the vest or waist.
2. An ornament or seal attached to such a chain or ribbon.

[Probably akin to Low German Fobke, small pocket.]

fob² (fŏb)

tr.v. fobbed, fob·bing, fobs Archaic
To cheat or deceive (another).
Phrasal Verb(s):
fob off

To dispose of (goods) by fraud or deception; palm off: fobbed off the zircon as a diamond.
To put off or appease by deceitful or evasive means: needed help but was fobbed off with promises.

[Middle English fobben, probably from fob, trickster.]

FOB
abbr. free on board

free on board
adj. & adv. Abbr. FOB
Without charge to the purchaser for delivery on board or into a carrier at a specified point or location.

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Fob

Fob\, n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.] A little pocket for a watch.

Fob chain, a short watch chain worn a watch carried in the fob.

Fob

Fob\, v.t. [imp. & p. p. Fobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fobbing.] [Cf.Fop.]

1. To beat; to maul. [Obs.]

2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. --Shak.

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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Language Translation for : fob

Spanish: colocar, *colar algo a alguien,

German: jemanden abspeisen,

Japanese: つかませる

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fob (n.)

1653, "small pocket for valuables," probably related to Low Ger. fobke "pocket," High Ger. fuppe "pocket." Meaning "chain attached to a watch carried in the fob" is from 1885.

fob (v.)

"to cheat," 1583, from obsolete noun fobbe "cheat, trickster" (1393), perhaps from O.Fr. forbe "cheat." Alternative etymology holds that the word is perhaps related to Ger. foppen "to jeer at, make a fool of" (see fop); or from Ger. fuppen, einfuppen "to pocket stealthily," which would connect it to fob (n.). To fob (someone) off is first recorded 1597.

FOB

See free on board.

FOB

father of the bride
foreign body

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