† ˈhodge-poker Obs.
Also -pocher.
[app. f. Hodge + poker, bugbear, the devil.]
A bug-bear or hobgoblin.
| 1598 Florio, Fistolo, a hobgoblin, a hag, a sprite, a robin-goodfellow, a hodge-pocher. Ibid., Folletto,..a hobgoblin, a robin-goodfellowe, a hodgepoker, an elfe. |