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gob·lin

n) KEY

NOUN:

A grotesque elfin creature of folklore, thought to work mischief or evil.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English gobelin, from Norman French *gobelin, name of a ghost that supposedly haunted the town of Évreux in the 12th century

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