| The German ubu, as well as the French bibou, is also used for bug-a-boo, hobgoblin, or any other fantastical, terrific nocturnal object. |
| I hardly know what sort of creature or hobgoblin to call them. |
| Hugo Montfort is no hobgoblin ghost in a white sheet, with a pumpkin head! |
| Never mind that, undaunted by the hobgoblin of consistency, they also argue the incommunicability of knowledge. |
| To the speechwriters, he was the hobgoblin of editors, demanding we cram in more statistics, more attacks, more examples. |
| It is true that he had no vested interest in his own past thoughts and that no one ever better demonstrated that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. |
