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goblin

(n): (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
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about 1 month ago qroqqa said:

An interesting figurative attributive use:

I had only hand-luggage anyway: the train would slow as if for a routine red light, would pause, squeak, exhale, and in that moment I would make a goblin disembarkation, shutting the door with a sly caress.
— Julian Barnes, 1996, 'Gnossienne', in Cross Channel

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