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For anyone else who didn’t know, a hob is the British word for the top of a stove (the stovetop). Though, according to 2 dictionaries I checked, it more usually
by irrational 5y ago
For anyone else who didn’t know, a hob is the British word for the top of a stove (the stovetop). Though, according to 2 dictionaries I checked, it more usually means hobgoblin in British English. I wonder if they have puns about these two meanings.
- kragen 5y agoI was thinking maybe they shared a common origin, but apparently not: https://www.etymonline.com/word/hob https://www.etymonline.com/word/hob I think speaking of stovetops is around two orders of magnitude more common than speaking of hobgoblins among BrE-speakers nowadays.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agobirth BrE here, 32 years of AmE ... never ever heard "hob" as related to "hobgoblin".