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† nobs Obs. rare.
[Of obscure origin.]
A term of endearment applied to a woman; (one's) dear or darling.
a1529Skelton E. Rummyng 225 He calleth me..His nobbes and his conny, His swetyng and his honny. a1530J. Heywood Love (Brandl) 395 Fynde the best and next way..And except your nobs for malous do nede ye Make brefe returne. 1567Trial of Treas. E j, My mouse, my nobs, and cony swete, My hope, and ioye, my whole delight.
So † ˈnobsey, a mistress. Obs. rare—1.
c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (Camden) 275 Sometime [he] carried her about with him in a great chest full of holes, that his pretty nobsey might take breath at. |