Fob
Fob (fob) , noun
[Compare Prov. German fuppe pocket.]
1.
A little pocket for a watch; -- callled also a watch pocket.
2.
a short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch, usually worn hanging out of the watch pocket, and used to conveniently remove the watch from the watch pocket.
Collocations (1)
Fob chain , a short watch chain worn with a watch carried in the fob; a fob{2}.
Fob , transitive verb
[CompareFop.]
1.
To beat; to maul. [Obsolete]
2.
To cheat; to trick; to impose on. — Shakespeare
Collocations (1)
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