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hob

2  [hob]
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–noun
1. a hobgoblin or elf.
—Idioms
2. play hob with, to do mischief or harm to: The child played hob with my radio, and now it won't work at all.
3. raise hob, to cause a destructive commotion; behave disruptively: They raised such hob with their antagonistic questions that the meeting broke up.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME, special use of Hob, for Robert or Robin

Related forms:
hoblike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

Hob 
"clown, prankster," short for hobgoblin (q.v.). Hence, to play the hob "make mischief" (1838).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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