: an ugly or grotesque sprite that is usually mischievous and sometimes evil and malicious
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dressed up the toddlers like goblins for Halloween
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Kids consider costumes ranging from spooky goblins to little angels, and parents begin considering how to ration the candy collected after a long night of trick-or-treating.
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Sen. Dan Hall, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
This is your starting point, and where the brother from the story encountered the water goblin.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
That often means providing upgrades of low level monsters rather than just throwing more goblins at a problem.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
My dad’s Welsh and among my happiest memories of him are going through Brian Froud’s books about fairies, goblins and trolls.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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Sen. Dan Hall, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
This is your starting point, and where the brother from the story encountered the water goblin.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
That often means providing upgrades of low level monsters rather than just throwing more goblins at a problem.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
My dad’s Welsh and among my happiest memories of him are going through Brian Froud’s books about fairies, goblins and trolls.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Goblin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goblin. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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goblin
noun
gob·lin
ˈgäb-lən 
: an ugly, evil, or mischievous elf
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