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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
goblin/ˈɡɒblɪn/

▶noun a mischievous, ugly, dwarf-like creature of folklore.

– origin ME: from OFr. gobelin, possibly rel. to Ger. Kobold (see kobold) or to Gk kobalos ‘mischievous goblin’.

'goblin' also found in these Oxford entries:

bogle - droll - erl-king - gremlin - hobgoblin - Robin Goodfellow

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