gobliny

comparative more gobliny · superlative most gobliny

1. informalrareResembling or characteristic of a goblin.

   So, if the gobliny thingy is appropriately scaled for the doorway, who knows where this could go?

   2004 April 17, Tim Thibeault, “Testing the waters”, in alt.bad.clams (Usenet)

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   The other faces appeared to be the small gobliny thing (Snout?) from the market that tried to give Tim a bracelet, Baba Yaga and Titania herself, all of which have at some point tried to keep Tim in the Faerie.

   1992 May 27, Graham James Reilly, “Re Books of Magic Question”, in rec.arts.comics (Usenet)

   Sure, they were aware that they were smaller than Men and Elves, but they were also aware of other races mores^([sic]) or less the same height as their own (Dwarves and the gobliny Orcs).

   2001 February 22, Spiny2K+1, “Lord of the Rings film”, in alt.fan.tolkien (Usenet)

   There was one on one of the servers at uni, I forget what it was called, but I kept getting badly marmalised by a little gobliny thing so I gave up.

   2001 March 6, Adam Short, “The best idea ever in the history of the world bar none. But it'll probably not come to anything... ;)”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet)

   A kobold is a gobliny creature which haunts tin mines in German mythology, essentially the same as the D&D version.

   2001 August 21, Daibhid Chiennedelh, “[A] AD&D references”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet)