Fob \Fob\, n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.]

A little pocket for a watch.

Fob chain, a short watch chain worn a watch carried in the fob.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Fob \Fob\, v.t. [imp. & p. p. Fobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fobbing.]

[Cf.Fop.]

1. To beat; to maul. [Obs.]

2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. --Shak.

To fob off, to shift off by an artifice; to put aside; to delude with a trick."A conspiracy of bishops could prostrate and fob off the right of the people." --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)