单词 | hob-nob |
释义 | hob-nobn.ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [noun] > other specific types of phrase et cetera1600 chreia1612 inn-phrase1631 hob-nob1761 phraseograph1847 snapper1857 humilific1892 frame1943 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > drinking to each other or toasting > a toast wassailc1275 proface1586 pledge1594 carouse1599 fathom health1600 skol1600 health1602 pitcher-praise1654 toast1746 hob-nob1761 loyal toast1799 salamander1868 ganbei1940 1761 (title) The Masque: a new and select collection of the best English, Scotch, and Irish Songs..To which is added a complete collection of the various Toasts, Sentiments, and Hob-Nobs. 1770 (title) Toasts, Sentiments, Hob-nobs and Songs: The Company Keeper's Assistant. 2. A drinking to each other or together. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > drinking to each other or toasting pledging1538 skolinga1599 wassail1598 healthing1628 propination1656 hob or nob1756 hob-nobbing1795 hob-noba1814 α. β. 1825 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. II. xii. 537 Pril and wril was an ancient form of hob nob.a1814 J. Ramsay Scotl. & Scotsmen 18th Cent. (1888) II. viii. 132 When hob or nob was first introduced, on a young gentleman calling for wine a second time during dinner, George whispered him, ‘Sir, you have had a glass already’. 1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine 71 At the end of the repast, a general ‘choque’, or hob-or-nob took place. 3. A familiar conversation; a tête-à-tête. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > private conversation sunder-roundingOE roundingOE sunder-speechOE sunder-rounc1175 tête-à-tête1697 closeting1762 hob-nob1876 head-to-head1884 pillow talk1914 1876 W. Black Madcap Violet xviii Sitting on a fence, having a quiet hobnob among themselves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). hob-nobv. 1. intransitive. To drink to each other, drink together. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > drink toasts or healths hailc1275 to drink (a person's) hailc1325 to drink good lucka1529 pledge1546 carouse1583 skola1599 to drink off (or eat) candle-ends1600 health1628 to begin to a person1629 bumper1691 toast1699 to drink hob or nob, hob a nob1756 hob-nob1763 hobber-nob1800 to look towards (a person)1833 propine1887 ganbei1940 α. β. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) I have frequently heard one gentleman, in company, say to another, will you hob-nob with me? When this challenge was accepted, the glasses were instantly filled, and then they made the glasses touch or kiss each other. This gentle striking of the drinking vessels I always supposed explained the term hob-nob.1831 J. Jekyll Let. 27 Jan. in Corr. (1894) 267 At a supper he hobnobbed with Lady Dudley Stuart.1842 R. H. Barham Nell Cook!! in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 132 Don't..Hob-nob in Sack and Malvoisie.1862 G. A. Sala Accepted Addr. 112 [She] insisted on the Captain hobnobbing with her.1763 Brit. Mag. 4 117 Do I go to hob or nob in white-wine, I am probably told red, is better for my nerves. 1794 J. Wolcot Acad. Process. in Wks. (1812) III. 278 Deserts, for common serving-men, the room, And hobs or nobs with Ladies of the Broom. 1801 M. G. Lewis Giles Jollup in Tales of Wonder i A Doctor so prim and a sempstress so tight Hob-a-nobb'd in some right marasquin. 1805 Sporting Mag. 26 148 Watch the eye of him who wishes to hob or nob. 1823 W. H. Pyne Wine & Walnuts (1824) II. x. 163 ‘Here's my hearty service to you, and let us hob and nob.’ 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 23 We hobbed and nobbed with..the celebrated bailiff of Chancery Lane. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine viii The gallant Turpin might have hob-and-nobbed with Mrs. C. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. vii. 201 I will hob and nob with her over one glass of toddy. 2. To hold familiar intercourse, be on familiar terms with. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > hold familiar intercourse converse1598 bosom1633 hob or nob1756 hob-nob1828 α. β. 1866 Sat. Rev. 20 Jan. 86/1 Looking at the maid Clara, I found that she had seated herself at the table, and was prepared to hobnob it with me.1871 W. H. Dixon Tower III. xviii. 191 Eliot, now hob-nobbing with the pirate in pretended friendship.1879 G. MacDonald Paul Faber III. iii. 38 He..hob-nobbed with Death and Corruption.1828 Countess Granville Let. Mar. (1894) II. 17 It cannot be her interest to hob-and-nob with Lord Fitzwilliam. 1844 W. M. Thackeray Little Trav. ii An honest groom jokes and hobs-and nobs..with the Kitchen maids. 1893 H. Vizetelly Glances Back I. xvi. 303 The chairman..hobbed and nobbed unreservedly with his immediate neighbours. Derivatives ˈhob-ˌnobber n. one who hob-nobs. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > drinking to each other or toasting > person pledger1576 toaster1702 toast-master1749 hob-nobber1816 1816 Sporting Mag. 47 63 Young ladies..often left the solitary glass of wine which they took with the gentlemen hob-nobber half unfinished. ˌhob-ˈnobbing n. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > drinking to each other or toasting pledging1538 skolinga1599 wassail1598 healthing1628 propination1656 hob or nob1756 hob-nobbing1795 hob-noba1814 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > homeliness or familiarity > familiar intercourse hob-nobbing1795 1795 J. Wolcot Sorrows Sunday in Wks. (1812) III. 370 May have her tea and rolls and hob and nobbing. 1812 Examiner 25 May 328/2 The joyous hobbing-a-nob of the lovers. 1830 Westm. Rev. 13 147 A little pleasant hobbing and nobbing. 1853 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. IV. xiii. 232 The toast was drunk with acclamation, and then followed hob-nobbing. 1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming II. xi. 218 The honour of hob-anobbing with a gentleman. ˈhob-ˌnobby adj. characterized by or characteristic of hob-nobbing or familiar intercourse. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > well acquainted or familiar with > suggestive of familiar intercourse hob-nobby1888 1888 E. M. Marsh Saved as by Fire viii Diffusing a genial, hobnobby expression over the severest countenance. 1895 M. M. Dowie Gallia xi. 123 Upon an omnibus, too, that very hob-nobby and familiar vehicle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019). hob-nobphr.adv. 1. Phrase hob, nob: have or have not; used by Shakespeare apparently in the sense ‘give or take’. ΘΠ the mind > possession > taking > give or take [phrase] hob, noba1616 the mind > possession > giving > [phrase] > give or take hob, noba1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 234 His incensement..is so implacable, that satisfaction can be none, but by pangs of death and sepulcher: Hob, nob, is his word: giu't or take't. View more context for this quotation 2. adv. = hab nab at hab adv. 1; hit or miss; however it may turn out; at random. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [phrase] > by chance by perchance1495 at a venture1517 per accidens1528 at hazard (also hazards)a1533 at random1543 by occasion1562 at range1568 by the way1572 by (also at) (a) peradventurea1586 hit or miss1609 at the by1611 hob-nob1660 hit and miss1897 1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos iii. 130 [He] cotes as many of them, as he judges, as to number, may make a Iury, and so Hob-Nob, as they say, without mattering much what they are, so they Concord all in one in the bare naming of the words. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Hob-nob (sometimes pronounced hab-nab), at a venture, rashly. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire We'n go at it hob-nob at a venture. 3. a. hob or nob n. (or hob a nob, hob and nob) (probably = give or take, give and take) used by two persons drinking to each other. to drink hob or nob, hob a nob, to drink to each other alternately, to take wine with each other with clinking of glasses. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking salutations [interjection] rivoa1593 my service to you1637 tope1651 three times three1683 hob or nob1756 bottoms up!1858 chin chin1888 here's hoping, how, looking (at you), luck1896 down the hatch1918 cheerio1919 cheero1919 (here's) mud in your eye1927 cheers1930 lechayim1932 salut1933 salud1938 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking salutations [interjection] > in drinking healths have towardsc1400 here's to1597 skol1600 tope1651 hob or nob1756 slainte1824 here's hoping, how, looking (at you), luck1888 santé1903 prosit1916 here's to the skin off your nose1925 (here's) mud in your eye1927 lechayim1932 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > hold familiar intercourse converse1598 bosom1633 hob or nob1756 hob-nob1828 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > drinking to each other or toasting pledging1538 skolinga1599 wassail1598 healthing1628 propination1656 hob or nob1756 hob-nobbing1795 hob-noba1814 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > drink toasts or healths hailc1275 to drink (a person's) hailc1325 to drink good lucka1529 pledge1546 carouse1583 skola1599 to drink off (or eat) candle-ends1600 health1628 to begin to a person1629 bumper1691 toast1699 to drink hob or nob, hob a nob1756 hob-nob1763 hobber-nob1800 to look towards (a person)1833 propine1887 ganbei1940 1756 S. Foote Englishman return'd from Paris i. 27 Then..they proceed to demolish the Substantials, with, perhaps, an occasional Interruption, of, Here's to you, friends, Hob or Nob, Your Love and mine. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 252 Hob nob, Doctor, which do you chuse, white or red? 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote II. viii. xxi. 254 Having drank hob-or-nob with a young Lady, in whose eyes he wished to appear a man of consequence. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 213 With whig or with tory he'll drink hob a nob. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. v. 66 ‘Have another glass!’ ‘With you. Hob and nob’, returned the sergeant. ‘The top of mine to the foot of yours—the foot of yours to the top of mine—Ring once, ring twice—the best tune on the Musical Glasses! Your health.’ b. quasi-adj. On intimate terms of good-fellowship, in close companionship. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > well acquainted or familiar with > in close companionship hob-nob1851 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xv, in Writings I. 149 In those very good..old times, hob and nob with the housebreaker. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xlvi I might be hob-and-nob with you now in your dungeon. 1871 Daily News 17 Nov. To make things pleasant..after a pleasant yet practical hob-and-nob fashion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1761v.1763phr.adv.a1616 |
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