kobold

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In a typical game, online or off, the game master will present the players with a situation — an encounter with a kobold, say.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2021

The kobold of the phantom ship is named Klabot´erman, a kobold who helps sailors at their work, but beats those who are idle.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

Was it a malicious forest kobold, or only a night-owl?

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav

When a vessel is doomed the kobold appears smoking a short pipe, dressed in yellow, and wearing a night-cap.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

"I trust you are satisfied, ma'am," the kobold added, after a moment's vain expectation of a word from Juliet, "that your secret is safe with me."

From Paul Faber, Surgeon by MacDonald, George