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▪ I. nobber1 slang.|ˈnɒbə(r)|
[f. nob v.1]
1. A blow on the head.
1818Sporting Mag. II. 23 Spring laughed and gave Painter a nobber. 1828Ibid. XXII. 447 Crawley was about to give the party a second edition of ‘nobbers’ when Harry Holt interposed.
2. A pugilist skilled in nobbing.
1821Sporting Mag. VIII. 263 Nature seems to have taken particular pains in qualifying Randall for a nobber of first-rate excellence.
▪ II. ˈnobber2 slang.
[f. nob v.2]
One who ‘nobs’ or collects money.
1890Echo 30 Oct. (Farmer), Only a nobber can know the extraordinary meanness of the British public. 1893P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo vi, I have often met honourable nobbers since. |