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fob(4) (iou)



fob verb1 trans. Infl. -bb-. LME.
[Cf. German foppen cheat, deceive, quiz, banter.]
Cheat, deceive. (Foll. by of, out of.) LME.
Henry Fielding While everyone else he is fobbing, He still may be honest to me.
Foll. by off:
a. Put off deceitfully, put off with (something inferior); attempt to satisfy with an excuse or pretence; palm (something inferior) off on, pass off (something fraudulent) as. L16.
H. James She was the girl his mother would have fobbed off on him. G. Heyer How could I hope to fob myself off as Evelyn at such a gathering. E. Taylor You wouldn't be fobbed off or coaxed away from a subject. G. Priestland Let nobody try to fob them off with fairy tales about appropriate technology.
b. Remove by deceit. E-M17.
Bring into or bestow on by trickery; pass off on; get up, procure, or promote, by trickery. M17-E19.