hobber-nobhobber-nobberphr.
= hob-nob phr. and adv.
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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
1800 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1801) 4 265 They never will go hobber-nob at the fount!
1829 ‘D. Conway’ Journey Norway 138 Such is the hobbernobbering—touching with yours the rim of the person's glass with whom you drink wine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
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