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fob

2  [fob]
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–verb (used with object), fobbed, fob⋅bing.
1. Archaic. to cheat; deceive.
—Verb phrase
2. 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
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fob 2   (fŏb)   
tr.v.   fobbed, fob·bing, fobs Archaic
To cheat or deceive (another).
Phrasal Verb(s):
fob off

  1. To dispose of (goods) by fraud or deception; palm off: fobbed off the zircon as a diamond.

  2. 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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
FOB

  1. mod.
    fresh off the boat; as gullible and trusting as a new immigrant. (Initialism. A play on the initials of Free on Board.) : Where did you get those FOB shoes? Blue suede is back?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

FOB

See free on board.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Idioms & Phrases

fob off

  1. Sell or dispose of goods by fraud or deception, as in They tried to fob off the zircon as a diamond. [c. 1600]

  2. Put off or appease by deceitful means, as in We needed her help but were fobbed off by promises. [c. 1600]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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