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- in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck is a hobgoblin who plays pranks such as spoiling milk and tripping old ladies
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- the fear of success and the pressures that come with it can be more of a hobgoblin than the possibility of failure
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- bête noire,
- black beast,
- bogey
- (also bogie or bogy),
- bugaboo,
- bugbear,
- dread,
- ogre
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