fob
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9.7
- noun
- /fɑb/
- Archaic
:
cadena de reloj
- That is a beautiful fob attached to your pocket watch.
And when they would, they had names for all these things, the pit, the kick, the bridge, the FoB, Uptown, downtown for different pockets.
- And when they would, they had names for all these things, the pit, the kick, the bridge, the FoB, Uptown, downtown for different pockets.
Examples
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Harry took hold of the fob watch, tied securely to his wrist.
Blog text (20) -
My grandfather was dressed up, as always, in a suit and vest and silk ascot and a watch and fob chain as heavy as leg irons, sweating in the impossible heat like a man on death row.
Fiction book (1990) -
That watch fob, is that gold?
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Where did you get this watch fob?
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Now, that is a $20 gold piece on your watch fob, isn't it?
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Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered.
Fiction book (2001) -
Somehow, sometime during our session in primitive anthropology, I had grabbed hold of Professor Klobb's watch fob, diamond-studded.
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Where did you get this watch fob?
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Grandpa used to carry his old fob everywhere with his watch.
Synonyms
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2.8
A short chain or ribbon that holds a pocket watch on a vest
A short chain or ribbon that clips a pocket watch to clothing
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fob comes from an old word for 'pocket' or a small pouch, so imagine a tiny item tucked into or hanging from your pocket. That's why a fob is a small chain, ribbon, ornament, or pocket used with a pocket watch.