: 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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In Halloweentown, the first in an eventual four-picture franchise, Brown warms your latte as a teen witch who discovers a family secret, rides a magical bus, defeats a demon sorcerer, and falls in love with a disfigured goblin.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 1 July 2024
And, in response to her objection to a children's book that showed the bare behind of a goblin, the school district drew clothes over it.
—Douglas Soule, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
Pippin challenged several other picture books, including Unicorns are the Worst, a book about a goblin upset that so many people like unicorns.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2024
Lunar eclipse:Full moon to dim slightly in overnight lunar eclipse viewable in Michigan
During the Marche, hundreds of people dress as the Nain Rouge and other characters or carry miniature versions of the goblin.
—Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2024
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 1 July 2024
And, in response to her objection to a children's book that showed the bare behind of a goblin, the school district drew clothes over it.
—Douglas Soule, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
Pippin challenged several other picture books, including Unicorns are the Worst, a book about a goblin upset that so many people like unicorns.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2024
Lunar eclipse:Full moon to dim slightly in overnight lunar eclipse viewable in Michigan
During the Marche, hundreds of people dress as the Nain Rouge and other characters or carry miniature versions of the goblin.
—Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2024
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“Goblin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goblin. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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goblin
noun
gob·lin
ˈgäb-lən 
: an ugly, evil, or mischievous elf
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