As far as I can tell, locking the car with the fob is a bad idea. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in car trouble, Finale: The DMV's last cheap shot at making our life hell] Reference
Great Wired News article about TV B-Gone, a keychain fob that you can use to turn off bothersome TVs in bars, airports, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: October 17, 2004 - October 23, 2004 Archives] Reference
Ben brought a Pogo animation cel for appraisal and his colleague Jessica Lewis had a Elks Club fob from the early part of last century. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Were they not sometimes carried in a receptacle called a fob?. From Wordnik.com. [A Dialogue for the Year 2130] Reference
On top, a thin crust of soap, with perhaps a little light coloured fob, which is returned to the pan after the removal of the good soap. From Wordnik.com. [The Handbook of Soap Manufacture] Reference
To us, the word 'fob' ... was never used in a derogatory manner. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
Another acronym in the chart was "fob" which stands for "free on board.". From Wordnik.com. [China Stocks News and Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference
Place is half filled with young "fob" customers, De Anza students I'm guessing. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Reviews Near San Francisco, CA] Reference
Forward Operating Base (fob, pronounced "fob") in eastern Afghanistan only a few miles from the tribal areas of Pakistan. From Wordnik.com. [Asia Times Online] Reference
He did so, and finally found it in his fob pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
There are many men who wear a cross as a watch fob. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Six Minutes] Reference
Thornly took a small golden watch charm from his fob. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
Clearly they made a decision to go at this particular fob. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2009] Reference
This is not something that you fob off or anything like that. From Wordnik.com. [How The U.S. Military Handles Suicidal Soldiers] Reference
The lengths here given make a fob-chain about five inches long. From Wordnik.com. [Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools] Reference
"A quarter past seven," said one drawing his watch from his fob. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'] Reference
He had rings and scarf pins, and a gold watch with a handsome seal fob. From Wordnik.com. [Rival Pitchers of Oakdale] Reference
She threw back his coat and tugged at the fob until the watch appeared. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Line War] Reference
"I do!" from a pursy passenger with a double chin and a heavy fob-chain. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861] Reference
SULLIVAN: Well, I hope they don't fob it off onto some researcher or reporter. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2004] Reference
And near it, half-hidden among the jagged stones, were Morton's watch and fob. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Woman] Reference
It was not her watch, the ribbon fob of which fluttered now and then in the breeze. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
Nome, up at Marse Lee Dalton's fob de s'renduh us slaves didn't nevuh go tuh chuch. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
He took from his fob a large diamond which flashed in the red light of the conflagration. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Mr. Fields took out a large pocket watch on the end of a leather fob and looked at it. From Wordnik.com. [THE TICK IS FULL] Reference
Out of the right fob hung a great silver chain, with a wonderful kind of engine at the bottom. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5] Reference
All this passed through his mind ere the old watch in his fob had marked the lapse of five seconds. From Wordnik.com. [Lancashire Idylls (1898)] Reference
She crept, until she saw his watch-fob dangling against the counter, and then her heart made a call. From Wordnik.com. [Balcony Stories] Reference
I hadn't tried to hide it or fob off an excuse in time, and now he had alit in the seat in front of me. From Wordnik.com. [A Bite-Sized Piece] Reference
The fob transmits data that tied to the user's credit or debit account, along with permission to complete transaction. From Wordnik.com. [Post-CES cell phone roundup] Reference
The worst are those on BMWs and Mini Coopers that require using a fob placed in a slot and then pressing a start button. From Wordnik.com. [Automotive turkeys 2008] Reference
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