Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A finishing stroke; a blow on the head.
- noun A thimble-rigger's confederate.
- noun A, dram of spirits.
- noun A shingler. See
puddle and puddler. Sometimes spelledknobbler .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Australia A dram of spirits.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Australia, obsolete A serving of
beer orspirits .
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Examples
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And the mailman gulped down his 'nobbler' and turned to remount the lean chestnut, which was standing hitched to the palings, observing cheerfully:
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Perhaps the best story in the entire book is about Sub Pop receptionist Megan Jasper's interview with the New York Times in 1992, during which Ms. Jasper goofed on the stuffy paper of record by sharing all the lingo these wacky grunge kids in Seattle were supposedly using, including such gems as "cob nobbler" and "lamestain."
The Seattle Sound Ken Kurson 2011
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Seattle Scam cob nobbler Perhaps the best story in the entire book is about Sub Pop receptionist Megan Jasper's interview with the New York Times in 1992, during which Ms. Jasper goofed on the stuffy paper of record by sharing all the lingo these wacky grunge kids in Seattle were supposedly using, including such gems as "cob nobbler" and "lamestain."
Week in Words 2011
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But it was useful to see hammer and nobbler used up close and personal, especially on a cabbage.
Alons-y! karenmiller 2008
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The glossary ran as a companion to a feature on grunge published in the Times 'Styles section, and included such terms as wack slacks (“Old ripped jeans”), dish (“desirable guy”), cob nobbler (“loser”), and lamestain (“uncool guy”).
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I suspect that Dave and his friends were swingin' on the flippety-flop and the New York Times is a cob nobbler.
Archive 2007-07-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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Brownbie was regarded almost as the Evil One himself, and Jacko, knowing what mischief was, as it were, in the word, thought that he was entitled to bread and jam, if not to a nobbler itself, in bringing such tidings to Gangoil.
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Harry Heathcote had another nobbler — being only the second in the day — and then went to bed.
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There was always flour and meat to be had, generally tobacco, and sometimes even the luxury of a nobbler.
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Medlicot probably indulged in no such speculations; but the nobbler, when brought close to his lips, was grateful to him as to others.
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