Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dear; a darling: applied to a woman.
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- noun Plural form of
nob .
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Examples
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They feel whether they are on homerow by the "nobs" on the j and f.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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They feel whether they are on homerow by the "nobs" on the j and f.
Group Goals, Blogging, My Amazing semester in keyboarding 2006
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Not sure how to tweak "nobs" but hello to Randel all the same.
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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.
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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 Samuel Peter Orth 1897
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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" Edward Fordham Spence 1896
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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 George Sutherland 1880
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To the southern part the "nobs" gave the name of "Princess Royal".
History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 George Sutherland 1880
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In the vicinity of Telegraph Hill are Russian and Nob Hills, the latter getting its peculiar title from the fact that the wealthy "nobs," or mining magnates, of bonanza days built their homes on its summit level.
The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire Charles Morris 1877
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There was a very good audience -- Faraday, Professor Forbes, Dr. Forbes, Wharton Jones, and [a] whole lot of "nobs," among my auditors.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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