Look up: fob-chain


  1. fob chain
    18thC term describing the chain used to secure a small pocket watch. The term originated from the fob pocket (in the waistband of men's breeches), and the word fob came to refer to any small ornament attached to a fob chain, such as a fob seal. In the late 19thC, ladies' ornamental watches suspended...
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  2. fob-chain
    18thC term describing the chain used to secure a small pocket watch. The term originated from the fob pocket (in the waistband of men's breeches), and the word fob came to refer to any small ornament attached to a fob chain, such as a fob seal. In the late 19thC, ladies' ornamental watches suspended...
    Found op http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-terms-f.html

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