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Meanings of nob in English

Informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person.

Usage of nob in English
1
At least looking like a nob-head comes at a price these days.
The South African
2
He gave yer one on the nob, and dragged yer in here.
Bert Wilson in the Rockies
3
The nob of Nob Hill, how close it is to the sky.
Vignettes of San Francisco
4
You've taken to being a nob, buying land, being a country bashaw.
Middlemarch
5
An' some fancy nob left 'is 'orse an' chaise and blocked the road.
The spurned viscountess
6
Please can every nob who asks that ask the same of Bill English?
Radio NZ
7
All right, flag the pencil pushers and I'll gab my nob.
Writing for Vaudeville
8
I'm all dazed-like from that crack on the nob I got.
The War in the Air
9
Well, all I can say is, then, that she ought to hob-and-nob elsewhere.
The Woodlanders
10
A gentleman and a scholar to hob-nob with a traitorous beast like that!
The Red Planet
11
Michael Lowry might nob consider forming his own political party.
The Irish Times
12
The old man despatched a finger travelling to his nob.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1
13
Gentlemen and common men hob-and-nob together, and no distinctions made?
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction
14
But she sets up there like a hired man-you'vegot a good nob now!
David Lockwin—The People's Idol
15
He had actually sat hob-nob with the captain in a public house, without knowing it.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction
16
Maker festivals have become major venues for hobbyists to show off their projects and hob-nob.
Reuters
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