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† hoball Obs.
Forms: 6 hoball, howball, hobbel, hobil, 9 hobbil, hob-hald.
[perh. f. Hob n.1 1; but this does not explain howball.]
A clown, fool, idiot.
a1553Udall Royster D. iii. iii. (Arb.) 44 Ye are such a calfe, such an asse, such a blocke, Such a lilburne, such a hoball [v.r. hobil], such a lobcocke. 1570Levins Manip. 55/34 A Cobbel, dullard, hæbes, bardus. An Hobbel, idem. c1570Pride & Lowl. (1841) 48 The worst of them no how⁓ball, ne no foole. 1828Craven Dial., Hobbil, a fool. 1847–78Halliwell, Hob-hald, a foolish clown. North. |
