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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Hob
 
of a grate. From the Anglo-Saxon verb habban (to hold). The chimney-corner, where at one time a settle stood on each side, was also called “the hob.”   1
 


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