Nob

Examples

• A hob was the flat part of the open hearth where water and spirits were warmed; and the small table, at which people sat when so engaged, was called a nob. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It's midnight, and past; and I'll have nob'dy staying up i' my house any longer. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You've taken to being a nob, buying land, being a country bashaw. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Leave off rattlin' that 'ere nob o' yourn, if you don't want it to come off the springs altogether,' said Sam impatiently, 'and behave reasonable. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Them lads 'at's coming 'll keep ye talking, nob'dy knows how long. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It belangs to me, and nob'dy else. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Hob and nob, returned the sergeant. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• This animal is Sir Huddlestone Fuddlestone's favourite horse the Nob. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The coachman he not likin' the job, Set off at full gal-lop, But Dick put a couple of balls in his nob, And perwailed on him to stop. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• CHORUS (sarcastically) But Dick put a couple of balls in his nob, And perwailed on him to stop. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• In his imagination he saw his house peopled by the nobs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Hulker and Bullock were a high family of the City aristocracy, and connected with the nobs at the West End. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• What, old Nobs! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The nobs of the West End were invited, and many of them signed the book. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But, to speak seriously, Harry; has any communication from the great nobs produced this sudden anxiety on your part to be gone? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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