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  1. Hobgoblins

    A hobgoblin is a household spirit, typically appearing in folklore, once considered helpful, but which since the spread of Christianity has often been considered mischievous.(p320) Shakespeare identifies the character of Puck in his A Midsummer Night's Dream as a hobgoblin.

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  1. Hobgoblins

    Hobgoblins is a 1988 low-budget horror-comedy B-movie directed, written, and produced by Rick Sloane, who also served as cinematographer and editor. The film is often seen as a rip-off of Gremlins and earned infamy after it was shown on Mystery Science Theater 3000 and has since been often regarded as one of the worst films ever made.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hobgoblins in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hobgoblins in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of hobgoblins in a Sentence

  1. Henry Louis Mencken:

    The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed -- and hence clamorous to be led to safety -- by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

  2. H. L. Mencken:

    The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

  3. H.L. Mencken:

    The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace in a continual state of alarm (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing them with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

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