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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: gobelin, from Medieval Latin gobelinus, perhaps from Greek kobalos 'bad man'

goblin

 noun
     
Related topics: Folklore
gob‧lin [countable]
RF a small ugly creature in children's stories that likes to trick people
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