| 单词 | nob |
| 例句 | “With you. Hob and nob,” returned the sergeant. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z We might even wind up having tea and cakes at the Savoy Cafe with the nobs and toffs of Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Take that!” cried Sir Grummore, giving the unfortunate monarch a two-handed swipe on the nob as be was slowly turning his head from side to side, peering in the opposite direction. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I was happier on the lawns because I had on shoes from England with rubber nobs on the soles that bit into the soft ground. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Though moments later, he says: "It's a really weird thing to try to convey without sounding like a nob." Jamie Oliver's FoodTube: why he's taking the food revolution online 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Back home, Harry's no longer a yob and a nob, he's a national hero. TV review: The Taking of Prince Harry 2010-10-21T21:35:00Z The scuffling between the disadvantaged proletariat below decks and preening nobs above? Hollywood Came to China; It Was Epic. 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z His band attack the vast bank of nobs and effects pedals as if it were an orchestra, and Wilton's turns into a cavernous sound lab where everything digital seems to be living and breathing. Other Voices – review 2013-04-09T16:59:39Z The lawsuit accuses Mr. Apkon of trying to regain his influence at the center so he can hob nob with its deep-pocketed donors and leverage those relationships into support for his new nonprofit, Reconsider. For a Revered Art House Cinema, a Season of Off Screen Turmoil 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z So it's possible that he is a bit of a nob. Life at 24 Frames a Second 2011-01-19T08:00:02Z Let’s face it: the nob can belong to anyone—for a price. Summer Encounters 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z One who, somehow, manages to get away with it without sounding like a nob. Jamie Oliver's FoodTube: why he's taking the food revolution online 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z “Big bananas, with nobs on,” said Wainwright, of the deal. From The Archers to HBO: how Sally Wainwright conquered TV 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z An elitist in many ways, he nonetheless felt, he wrote, that “art is not the prerogative of nobs and snobs, but the right of every man.” ‘Kenneth Clark’ Paints a Portrait of a Cultural Titan 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z And are the cigarettes stuffed in there representative of a nob, or are they just cigarettes, like Duchamp’s urinals or beard made out of foam? Summer Encounters 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z I'm pretty sure I got all the nob gags. Not the Booker prize 2011: Jude in London by Julian Gough 2011-08-25T11:21:28Z But the nob is never less than fascinating. Summer Encounters 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Back at the pile, Carson struggles to keep order in the face of a low nob count with a country fair looming. TV highlights Christmas Day 2012-12-21T10:09:43Z Photograph: Charles Fearn Second of the two-part documentary on Britain's nobs. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 26-30 November 2012-11-26T07:00:00Z Even before a greeting and the drink order, your server lifts the grate on your table grill and turns a nob. The end of Korean BBQ in L.A.? What the gas stove ban means for your fave restaurants 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z “They were saying we don’t want to be ruled by people like that, we want to be ruled by the nobs, the equivalent of Old Etonians, Jacob Rees-Mogg.” Hilary Mantel: ‘I’ve got quite amused at people saying I have writer’s block. I’ve been like a factory!’ 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z It was three shoeboxes high, with nobs, buttons, and digital readings. The Afghan DJs hired and abandoned by the US military 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z If you struggle with the nob turning and the lever pulling when opening and closing a pushcart, this option from Bag Boy is for you. Best Pushcarts - Golf Digest 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Twist the nob on the side of the shoe to tighten, and pop it up to release after your round. The 24 best women's golf shoes you consider this season - Golf Digest 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z OAKLAND, Calif. — Of the 206 bones in the human body, few are smaller than the ulnar styloid, a tiny nob on the outside of the wrist where the forearm meets the hand. Aaron Judge Is Learning How a Tiny Bone Can Derail a Season 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z I don’t want to be that middle-class nob – I am, but I don’t want to be. 'She doesn't notice what I've done': five couples on how they split the housework 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z The author isn't describing a "professional" setting, This was a late night publication party that she crashed to hob nob with successful writers. What Makes Someone a ‘Predator’? 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z The handle of a travel mug filled with coffee is tucked between the fingers of his right hand and the worn leather nob of the clutch. Can’t live without it: A trucker’s take on I-95 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z A deep bunker is front of the green, and a nob on the left repels shots. US Open hole by hole 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Speaking to Sky News after news broke, May described the trio as a "package that works for very complicated reasons... Much as I think he's a nob, I quite like working with Jeremy." BBC cans Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z The control nobs are large, simple, and unassuming. Panasonic knows Android Auto will look good in a minivan 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Behind the general store and the outdoor gear shop — above the inn and horse corral — granite walls and pine-covered hills rise thousands of feet to form a towering nob called Goat Peak. Canadian company hopes to find copper in Methow Valley 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z Our house has no door handles or nobs on any exterior door. Losing the Key 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Action on global warming is not high on voters’ list of top priorities, and congressional Republicans didn’t need another issue on which to turn their apoplexy nob to 11. Obama admin unveils ambitious climate rules 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z What is clear from the criminal complaint is that by Feb. 21, nob sent photos of Mr. Green doing a fine impression of a corpse. Eagle Scout. Idealist. Drug Trafficker? 2014-01-18T17:31:04Z For some households, the federal nob is the single source of income. Shutdown hits the wallets and the spirits of federal employees 2013-10-02T00:18:51Z "I don't want to be a nob about," he repeatedly told reporters, "but it's just a race". The Fugue wins Nassau at Goodwood to leave William Buick in the shade 2012-08-04T17:42:22Z "The toffs are toffier and the nobs are nobbier," said one of these well-informed sources with a wink and a mysterious hitch of a tweedy shoulder. From the archive, 20 June 1956: Windy day for toppers and chill one for ladies of fashion at Royal Ascot 2012-06-20T06:30:00Z Which some servants are awfully uppish, and thinks themselves no end of nobs. Punch, or the London Charivari, November 25, 1893 2012-04-23T02:00:30.783Z Mr. Green had “died of asphyxiation/heart rupture” while being tortured, nob explained. Eagle Scout. Idealist. Drug Trafficker? 2014-01-18T17:31:04Z The non-dealer should never throw out a knave if he can help it, as the start may cause it to score a point for "nob." Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z They'd read in a paper that all the nobs were to be seen going in and out. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z With duchesses I'm 'and in glove, with countesses I'm thick; From all the nobs I get invites—they say I am "so chic!" Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z The friends of Government dine together and drink toasts, and hob and nob with lusty choruses, and swill claret as pigs swill wash, to keep their loyalty at boiling-point. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z A dealer who operated under the alias “nob” had complained that Silk Road transactions were too small to be worth his time. Eagle Scout. Idealist. Drug Trafficker? 2014-01-18T17:31:04Z If the hand chance to contain a knave of the same suit as the turn-up card, the holder is entitled to score one point, "for his nob." Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z Nob, nob, n. the head: a knobstick.—One for his nob, a blow on the head in boxing: a point at cribbage by holding the knave of trumps. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Bin took for a nob, and no error this time; which my tailor's A 1. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z Then up Jack got up, and off did trot, As fast as he could caper, To old Dame Dob, who patched his nob, With vinegar and brown paper. The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes 2012-01-15T03:00:17.137Z “Can you change the order to execute rather than torture?” he asked nob, explaining, “I’m afraid he’ll give up info.” Eagle Scout. Idealist. Drug Trafficker? 2014-01-18T17:31:04Z To these are added twelve for the double pair-royal, and "one for his nob," making twenty-nine. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z Rather than relying on nobs and switches, a user raises or lower the volume when listening to a wirelessly connected iPad or iPhone with a flick of a finger over the headset’s surface. For Parrot, A Flying iPhone-Controlled HD Camera Is Just A Start 2012-01-13T00:10:56Z Its town makes a man of one, Charlie, as me and the nobs 'as found out, And a snide 'un like you should be fly to it. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z Knob, nob, n. a hard protuberance: a hard swelling: a round ball.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Dread Pirate Roberts agreed to the price but wanted “proof of death,” asking nob to instruct the killers to send a video, “and if they can’t do that, then pictures” of the deceased. Eagle Scout. Idealist. Drug Trafficker? 2014-01-18T17:31:04Z There are two Irish heiresses here whose combined weight in gold is 9000 lbs., and the way the nobs and snobs tiptoe, bow, and scrape is something to behold. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z The roof once carried the medieval "pantile," which is an "S"-shaped clay tile about thirteen inches long, with a nob at one end to catch on to the roofing strips. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z They are acquainted with the future, but nob completely. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z And all the time, goblins, hob, nob and otherwise, red, blue, and green, kept rushing backwards and forwards, sometimes with a whole school of children following madly in their wake. The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza 2011-08-19T02:00:16.653Z You weren’t so blazing straight-laced and sanctimonious until you got taken up by the nobs, either. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z "Then your head's as empty as a brass nob," exploded Merle. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z "I 'm proud to hear you say so," said Scanlan; "for, of course, you've seen a deal of life; and when I say life, I mean fashion and high style,—nobs and swells." The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z "A nob?" said the other, with a wink. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z There were fewer turgid official speeches, more snazzy seminars and even an outdoor café for visiting nobs to chat in the unseasonably warm weather. Currency wars: Fumbling towards a truce 2010-10-14T11:20:00Z Kleist has one; you press a nob and it springs open. The Undying Past Why! his name was held in honour by all the great religious societies, whose secretaries invariably sent him reports of their proceedings, and they did no more for what Richard called the “nobs.” A Little World No wonder you get chances to haul such nobs as Lilioukalani and Schley and Dewey, and cut out ninety miles an hour on tangents. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories The man who first said that ought to be walking about hell with donkey's ears on his nob. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "Lord love ye, just a rap o' the nob, sir." Our Admirable Betty A Romance This watch is a repeater, that is, if you press upon a nob it will strike, first the hour, then the quarters, and then the minutes. Soap-Bubbles and the Forces Which Mould Them The silver nob and ferrule were removed; but without bringing to light anything in the nature of a communication. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall Meanwhile, he dined sumptuously, and smoked cigars of price; occasionally condescending to toss half-crowns in a hat with any of the other “nobs” incarcerated. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 "You know as well as I do, that the world has only two sorts of people,—nobs and snobs; one has no choice—if you 're not one, you must be the other." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly The combinations in hand or crib which entitle to a score are fifteen, pairs or pairs royal, sequences, flushes and “his nob.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" He had served in Egypt and South Africa; he had fought his way through a screaming death at Omdurman and yes, I will say it—William was "a nob" and handsome as a circus horse. Seeds of Pine What nobs there would be on the Bench! Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day There’s a nob at the side of the prayer desk—press it when I shout. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories The open window being before me, I did nob deliberate a second, but mounting the table, crept through it, and fell heavily on the turf outside. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I His Nob.—If a player holds the knave of the suit turned up for the start he counts one “for his nob.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" And here, perhaps, I should remind the reader that of all the great distinctions in life none, perhaps, is more important than that which divides mankind into the two great sections of nobs and snobs. Old and New London Volume I His 'nobs' are so splendid in their surroundings, such a magical light of wealth, magnificence, and rhetoric is thrown upon all their doings, that we are cheated into sympathy. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) But with kings, queens, princes, princesses, and big nobs in general, the case is different. Arrows of Freethought No; no more'n you or I. He's a real nob—a real Virginian, F. F. V., with money like the sands on the seashore! Hidden Hand “Six for a pair-royal” or “Three twos—good for six,” and “One for his nob—seven,” and throws down his hand for B’s inspection. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" “They want young blood, the railroad nobs tell it,” the disgruntled fireman had been heard to remark in his favorite tippling place on Railroad Street. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer And now you're getting a big littery pot, and going about among the nobs as I see your name with, why, you must keep up the position you've made—and you shall too! The Giant's Robe He wrenched at the tarnished brass nob, then stepped back and kicked the door. It Could Be Anything Hob or nob is explained by him to mean "Will you have a glass of wine or not?" Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc “I shall not be in this ship a great while longer; but I mean to stay long enough to settle my accounts with the big boatswain and the two nobs on the quarter-deck.” Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark After the wedding circus yesterday, the nobs decided to cuss the cost and send several miles of telegram to California, to find out the truth about that alleged marriage.” Her Mother's Secret A finical fellow in the usual sense, but adopted as a nautical term by the mutineers of '97, to express the nobs, or heads of officers. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. To the southern part the “nobs” gave the name of “Princess Royal”. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 The nob shown at the right centre is the Pinnacle, and marks the enemy trench. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Then the two nobs that insulted me on the ship shall hear from me.” Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark The why of the wherefore was that, in conversation with the Allbutt-Innetts, I had boasted freely of the credit I was in with certain high grade India Official nobs, who could refuse me nothing. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. No, no; honesty’s the best policy for us poor folks as well as for you nobs. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story The “nobs” determined to avail themselves of this arrangement; but when they put their money together, they found they had not enough to pay so large a sum. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 But there were two or three English nobs there who were so gassy in their style, that I forgot my Deutsch for the moment. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany He ordered me to be silent, and another nob did the same thing. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark "Ah, but you weren't among the nobs then," said the bee; "make the most of your time while you're here, for it won't be for long, you know." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 In Woodhouse, there was a terrible crop of old maids among the "nobs," the tradespeople and the clergy. The Lost Girl The former always maintained a haughty air, and soon came to be known throughout the colony as the “nobs”; while they, in their turn, fixed on their rivals the nickname of the “snobs”. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 Why, he got more marks than Kendall, Gordon, Haven, and the rest of those cabin nobs, who are fit to enter the senior class in a college. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany There was the big boatswain too, and there were two of the nobs with the gold bands. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Oliver’s nob was exchequered, and he fell by heavy right-handed blows on his ears and temple. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest Wanted to know what was the use of being a nob if a fellow wasn’t the nobbiest sort of a nob. Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy." My grandfather insisted that a stick with a nob was no stick for a Highland gentleman. The Black Colonel “We must take it like a dose o’ nasty physic—hold our nobs, shut our daylights, an’ down with it. Black Ivory “I’ll have it out with those nobs yet,” said Clyde, as Peaks left him, restored to his senses, so far as outward appearances were concerned. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark “Come, doctor, let you and I hob and nob,” said the first-lieutenant. The King's Own But I suppose some of you are great nobs yourselves, and know all about what nobs do.” The Gilpins and their Fortunes A Story of Early Days in Australia “Yes,” said the doctor; “you might have got all the nobs of the profession, and I don’t believe they could have done better.” Middy and Ensign Oh, my eye, there’s a nob!” cried he, suddenly perceiving Hawkesbury, who all this time had been looking on and listening in bewilderment. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life “Turn out yer pockets, nobs!” said he, giving them a slight admonitory shake. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton A ring was fashioned from a transverse slice of some hollow or pithy plant, so that it would slide freely up and down the slender wand, but would nob pass over the head. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 What "old nobs" of Wall-street are willing to put themselves "in chancery" to oblige Hopper Tape, Esq., your humble attendant upon the Where are the courts possessing suits without counsel? The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II "If the nobs have gone back on you, there are still a great many pug-lovers left." A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions That referred to my relative, who was always counted a “nob” in the village. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life A nob was never nabbed for the sum you are, sir, and ever went to the wall. Henrietta Temple A Love Story The skipper lay with his nob in gore Where the scullion’s axe his cheek had shore— And the scullion he was stabbed times four. The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison Thus, at hob and nob with the civilities and honors and embraces of this social life, the Negro felt an unaccustomed giddiness seize him. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Not juice enough In your geyzened carcase to raise one weal: and I never Could bear the sound of cracking bones: and you’re All nobs and knuckles, like the parson’s pig. Krindlesyke The cups and saucers were clustered invitingly round a huge old-fashioned silver teapot, and, on the nob of the little fire-place a kettle was singing away merrily. Marie Gourdon A Romance of the Lower St. Lawrence A regular nob like you, nabbed for the first time, and for such a long figure, sir, sure not to be diddled. Henrietta Temple A Love Story The skipper lay with his nob in gore Where the scullion’s axe his cheek had shore, And the scullion he was stabbed times four. The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison “I’ve got on all right, in a small way; but she—well, she can just ’ave ’er pick of the nobs. The Observations of Henry They wants to hang you bad, they do, so's to go to the Jacky Spaniards and say, 'He were a nob, a nobby nob.' Romance They it was who arranged for Shaggy Tom to pound Harry Billy's nob upon So-and-so's land, the preference being given to the locality that subscribed the most money to the fight. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour You done up, sir! a nob like you, that Morris and Levison have trusted for such a tick! Henrietta Temple A Love Story Do you think I will hob or nob with a water-drinking rascal like you? The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Well, it does seem distressing, But, if I'm good at guessing, Each one of these same nobs, If there was money in it, Would ferry in a minute, And change his name to Dobbs! Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature But she sets up there like a hired man--you've got a good nob now! David Lockwin—The People's Idol You are all pretty well aware of my familiar acquaintance with the nobs of this here great nation. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 4, 1841 Clouds in his non-inebriate nob Were doomed the tea tables to rob, Inflicting many a painful throb On one who could not smoke! Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry "Philosopher," said Captain Culverin, "hob or nob, a glass with you." The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Then he’ll tell you about all the nobs he knows in London. The Lion's Share His nobs, this collector we have now--he must get out, I don't care how. David Lockwin—The People's Idol But suffice it to say, that it had gone abroad among the Areturion's crew, that at some indefinite period of my career, I had been a "nob." Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Even when the ordinary playwright handles the ruck-and-run of the "nobs," his acquaintance with them can hardly justify him in regarding his studies as founded upon observation. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" Ask Mrs. Rosebud will she hob or nob with me. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One It is rather a swell neighbourhood; and if we can't get in with the nobs, depend upon it we will never take up with any society that is decidedly snobby. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Monster huge, hydro-cephalous, Haunting our city of blunders and jobs, Born, it would seem, to bewilder and baffle us, Who'll give you "one" for your numerous nobs. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 11, 1890 You had better go to the nobs, and not talk to me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Half of our comedies are supposed to pass among the "nobs," and the middle-class characters are merely introduced as a necessary part of the machinery. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" "Now, can you yourself remember all the bodies your soul has passed through?—but before I expect you to answer me,—hob or nob again,—this is famous water, my dear philosopher." The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One What is the favourite occupation of the nobs? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 7, 1917 This comes of your princesses, that turn the world upside down, and demean themselves to hob and nob with these black baldicoots! The Saint's Tragedy He only extended half-hearted generosity to Jay, because she was, after all, a 'bus-conductor, and to that extent a nob. This Is the End None of your "kitchen lancers" for us hamlet folk; we leave that kind of thing to the swells and nobs. A Cotswold Village I was kind of plannin' to be a swell, and hang out at the Waldorf-Astoria, to see the nobs at home. The Port of Adventure Seeing who the other nobs have got with them. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 7, 1917 ‘And if I thought,’ continued the hostess with a most threatening air, ‘if I thought he was assisted by Mr. Tibbs—’ ‘One for his nob!’ said Gobler. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people It is patent to the mob, That my being made a nob Was effected by a job. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan No. I'm all dazed-like from that crack on the nob I got. The War in the Air But, to speak seriously, Harry; has any communication from the great nobs produced this sudden anxiety on your part to be gone?' Oliver Twist Identifying nobs and saying how disappointed they are with their appearance. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 7, 1917 Come away into the supper-room, Mrs. R.," was that gentleman's remark: "seeing these nobs grubbing away has made me peckish too. Vanity Fair Shan't I be glad when I get richer and better known, and hob and nob with him!' A Pair of Blue Eyes Most men rather admire the nobs for having a good time, but I think we surrender too much when we admit that aristocracy has made even the aristocrats happy. The Wisdom of Father Brown Natty Bell, you did; our lad's took the idee into his nob to be a gentleman, an' I were trying to knock it out again, but as it is. The Amateur Gentleman Bless your soul, I know them! and if the nobs don't tumble to it the snobs will, and they're numerically strong enough to keep any play running. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 7, 1917 In his imagination he saw his house peopled by the "nobs." Vanity Fair Spring's the boy for a Moulsey-Hurst rig, my lads, Shaking a flipper, and milling a pate; Fibbing a nob is most excellent gig, my lads, Kneading the dough is a turn-out in state. Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] My hat, and I will walk out on his nobs. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Quite a bang up affair it'll be too,—nobs, all on 'em, and there's three on 'em concerned. The Amateur Gentleman Very well," he continued, "the next interval will be wholly spent in the exciting and delightful task of identifying the nobs, in which the nobs themselves will take a part. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 7, 1917 The "nobs of the West End" were invited, and many of them signed the book. Vanity Fair Fibbing a nob is most excellent gig = getting in a quick succession of blows on the head is good fun. Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] His nobs is going to play the concerto. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago How-beit your man Martin—regular game for all his years—has a broken nob and one ogle closed up, and I a ball through my arm, but nothing to matter. The Amateur Gentleman "D—— it, he has had it on his nob, though," said Lord Viscount Rooster, laconically. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Hulker and Bullock were a high family of the City aristocracy, and connected with the "nobs" at the West End. Vanity Fair The errand-boy may not look at the Venus de Medici, but he can cram his mind with the lore of how "nobs" run after ballet girls, and why Lady X locked the door. Mankind in the Making For his nobs who gargled the Irish ballad, two bravos. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Dioclesian in his garden found more repose than on the imperial seat of Rome, and the nob of Charles the Fifth aked seldomer under a monk's cowl than under the diadem. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 F. B., sir, has a station in the world; F. B. moves among moneyers and City nobs, and eats cabobs with wealthy nabobs. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family It's this here Jonathan," answered Ringbolt; "he's been blackguarding the young nob in the green coat, there. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War "Snobs," and its antithesis, "nobs," arose among the internal fractions of shoemakers perhaps ten years later. Miscellaneous Essays He pulled a sour one, you know, blew a mean one through the horn and his nobs nearly fell out of his seat. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago V. celebrate keep, signalize, do honor to, commemorate, solemnize, hallow, mark with a red letter. pledge, drink to, toast, hob and nob†. inaugurate, install, chair. rejoice &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases It is opened, as at G H, by a screw below with a nob at the end of it. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) Then up Jack got and off did trot, As fast as he could caper, To old Dame Dob, who patched his nob With vinegar and brown paper. The Real Mother Goose It served her right and I told the gang to hit her on the nob with an oar when she came-up. The Sorrows of a Show Girl So the smoke blows that sour note every time his nobs gets started on his conductin' and it always knocks his nobs for a gool. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago It's a charity concert got up by the big nobs of the Stock Exchange, and there'll be no end of swells there. At Love's Cost There was nothing silly in it, like the nob in cribbage—nothing superfluous. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia How the Lobster Feeds.—The pincers of the lobster's large claws are furnished with nobs, and those of the other, are always serrated. The Book of Household Management One time the maid pinched her foot while buttoning her shoe and what does the prima donna do but bounce her whole makeup box on the top of the maid's defenseless nob. The Sorrows of a Show Girl I am hob and nob with your folks on both sides of the family, and my word for it, the relationship is written all over you. The Century Vocabulary Builder The nobs were in great feather that night, particularly the women, who flaunted about in new gowns and much splendor. The Moccasin Maker I wish all the nobs could hear us talk, who think to make us quake before the guillotine. Mysteries of Paris, V3 Later, in the strikes of that time, the workmen who accepted lower wages were called snobs; those who held out for higher, nobs. The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc Their tops, now inaccessible, are to be the future eyries of self-crowned railroad nobs and rude bonanza barons. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance No native thereabouts would look for a moment at their little round nobs of water-worn pebbles. What's Bred in the Bone In this country we can do nothing; and if the lords and the landlords, or any other collection of nobs, were to drive us into the sea, what could we do but go? Cashel Byron's Profession What caused him to seek the applause of the 'nobs' among the cockneys, and struggle to obtain the paradoxical triplicate dictum that he was a werry first-rate cutter!' Sketches by Seymour — Volume 02 We settled the cull by a stroke on his nob; we stunned the fellow by a blow on the head. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue All right, flag the pencil pushers and I'll gab my nob. Writing for Vaudeville I had my doubts how the nobs would take it, but both Lord Rosse and Sabine warmly commended my speech and regretted I had not said even more upon the subject. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 With zestful complacency, and with secret enjoyment in being allowed to "team" this chap who looked and talked like a "nob," the youth allowed Farr to do all the work. The Landloper The nob of Nob Hill, how close it is to the sky. Vignettes of San Francisco The head, jolly nob, napper, or knowledge box; also a wig. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue "The first nob in the country going to shoe a horse," but with his rustic delicacy he said nothing, and led Mr. Winchester to the blacksmith's shop. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Professor Bell, who is secretary to the Royal, and has great influence, promised to help me in every way, and asked me to dine with him and meet a lot of nobs. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 At the end were pictures of big nobs. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man On the very nob of Nob Hill there is the ruin of a mansion which was the Whittell home. Vignettes of San Francisco The bed-rooms are so arranged as to separate nobs from snobs—an arrangement rather inconsistent in a democratic colony. A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 There," said she, "you are to go in the parlor, and get up the young buck; curl his nob and whiskers. It Is Never Too Late to Mend And there I sat hob and nob with him for half an hour in the 'Lake George' public-house. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn At dinner fair Adelaide brought up a chicken - A bird that she never had met with before; But, seeing him, scream'd, and was carried off kicking, And he bang'd his nob 'gainst the opposite door. Rejected Addresses I say, Jim," said a young genius of fourteen stretching himself upon the turf, "I pity them ere jarvies a sitting on their boxes all the night and waiting for the nobs what is dancing. Sybil, or the Two Nations Drink to heavy Ignorance Hob and nob with brother Death! Letters to Dead Authors "But I say, Bill—he is at that corner—the nobs must have passed close to him—suppose they saw him." It Is Never Too Late to Mend Grumblings of dissatisfaction soon gave way to parades and informal meetings at which imported Chinese labor and the rich "nobs," the supposed dual cause of all the trouble, were denounced in lurid language. The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners Nay, mother," he said "'Twould nob' but mak' it worse for t' lad. Bob, Son of Battle "I wonder what the nobs has for supper," said the young one pensively. Sybil, or the Two Nations We hear of him; he's a great nob out there. Villa Rubein, and other stories "Thirty years ago they were all nobs and snobs; now God himself doesn't know what they are!" Beyond The re-enforce thus severed from the chase broke into three parts, the nob of the cascabel, and the other portion split in the direction of the bore. The Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy She was expected to sell worthless articles to nobs and snobs at exorbitant prices. Strictly business: more stories of the four million "Turtle and venison, of course:—no nob dines without THEM." Men's Wives Recollect, Mrs. R., that he was at the West End on Thursday, asked to dine, ma’am, with the tip-top nobs. The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond Hob, nob, is his word; give 't or take 't. Twelfth Night Drink to heavy Ignorance, Hob and nob with brother Death! Letters to Dead Authors "Did you make a hit with his nobs, Mase?" she asked, familiarly. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million He'll put the stuns on all them nobs, too, that think a racehorse must always come out of one of their training stables.' Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields |
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