Definition of "fob" []

• A small pocket at the front waistline of a man's trousers or in the front of a vest, used especially to hold a watch. (noun)
• A short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch and worn hanging in front of the vest or waist. (noun)
• An ornament or seal attached to such a chain or ribbon. (noun)
• Archaic To cheat or deceive (another). (verb-transitive)
• Fob off To dispose of (goods) by fraud or deception; palm off: fobbed off the zircon as a diamond. (phrasal-verb)

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• "As far as I can tell, locking the car with the fob is a bad idea."
• "Ben brought a Pogo animation cel for appraisal and his colleague Jessica Lewis had a Elks Club fob from the early part of last century."
• "At the Jewelry table, Adam Patrick of A La Vielle Russie, Inc. examines an Elks fob from the early 20th century."