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 Gob’bo (Launcelot).Goblin. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Gob’elin Tapestry.
 
So called from Giles Gob’elin, a French dyer in the reign of François I., who discovered the Gobelin scarlet. His house in the suburbs of St. Marcel, in Paris, is still called the Gobelins.   1
 


 Gob’bo (Launcelot).Goblin. 

 
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