nobblern.

Brit.

/ˈnɒbl̩ə/,

/ˈnɒblə/, U.S.

/ˈnɑb(ə)lər/

Forms: see nobble v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nobble v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < nobble v. + -er suffix¹; in sense 2 with allusion to the intoxicating effect of the drink.

I. A person that hits; something used for hitting.

1. English regional (Staffordshire and Shropshire). A person who strikes or hits; spec. one formerly employed to strike inattentive members of a church congregation with a rod. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1744 in Churchwardens' Accts. Kinver (Staffs. Rec. Office: D1197/4/1) Paid..the Nobler 5 Quarters Salary To Midr. 1744 00:12:06.

1746 in Burial Reg. Enville (Staffs. Rec. Office: D3578/1/6) Benjamin Whitton (the Nobler) was buried Decr. 6.

1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua 517 Nobler, a man whose duty it is to remind inattentive youths in church, of their misbehaviour, by ‘nobling’ them, or hitting them on the head with a wand.

1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 285/2 Nobbler, the church beadle who walks among the pews, and with a long wand nops upon the head of those whom he sees disposed to be drowsy, or otherwise inattentive to the service.

1985 Econ. Hist. Rev. 38 298 In the eighteenth century a nobbler was employed in both Enville church and Kinver church to keep people awake.

2. slang (chiefly Australian and New Zealand). A small quantity of alcoholic drink. Also: a small glass or container for alcoholic drink.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > small drink

snack1685

smack1693

drop1699

tiff1727

toothfula1774

caulker1808

caulk1834

nobbler1842

spot1917

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > amount of drink > small amount

nipperkin1619

noggin1648

pony1708

squib1756

finger1820

tot1828

nobbler1842

the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > glass

glassc888

verrea1382

Venice glass1527

rummer1625

bottle glass1626

Malaga glassa1627

flute1649

flute-glass1668

long glass1680

mum-glass1684

toasting glass1703

wine glass1709

tulip-glass1755

tun-glass1755

water glass1779

tumbler-glass1795

Madeira glass1801

tumbling glass1803

noggin glass1805

champagne glass1815

table glass1815

balloon glass1819

copita1841

firing glass1842

nobbler1842

thimble glass1843

wine1848

liqueur-glass1850

straw-stem1853

pokal1854

goblet1856

mousseline1862

pony glass1862

long-sleever1872

cocktail glass1873

champagne flute1882

yard-glass1882

sleever1896

tea-glass1898

liqueur1907

dock-glass1911

toast-master glass1916

Waterford1916

stem-glass1922

Pilsner glass1923

Amen glass1924

ballon1930

balloon goblet1931

thistle glass1935

snifter1937

balloon1951

shot-glass1955

handle1956

tulip1961

schooner1967

champagne fountain1973

1842 Sydney Herald 19 May 2/7 A wag enquired whether Mr Tegg..was endeavouring to escape the licensing act by an admixture of a little salt and at the same time selling ‘nobblers’ instead of glasses.

1859 Harper's Mag. May 812/2 The fall of the curtain was the signal for renewed pleasantries, explosions of Champagne, and demands for nobblers.

1862 A. Polehampton Kangaroo Land 95 One fellow sold execrable rum at two shillings a nobbler, i.e. half a wine glass.

1908 D. Ferguson Bush Life (ed. 4) xxxv. 274 Nor did their thirst for ardent spirits appear to be in the least moderated by the price of the beverages..the good old colonial charge of one shilling per ‘nobbler’.

1949 D. M. Davin Roads from Home 216 He..was pouring it into two nobblers he had fished out of the pocket.

1971 Walkabout (Austral.) Nov. 73/1 Whisky costs around 300 rupiahs, or some 75 cents, for a generous nobbler.

†3. Boxing slang. A blow to the head. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > [noun] > on the head

nope1684

nobber1811

nob1812

nobbing1819

cob1828

nobbler1848

1848 Sinks of London laid Open 117/1 Nobblers, blows, thumps.

1859 Bell's Life in London 3 July 7/1 Hall, who was hitting as his man was falling, again missed planting a nobbler.

†4. slang. A short stick used for killing fish. Cf. nobby n.² Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > other fishing equipment > [noun] > mallet or stick to kill fish

priest1851

gob stick1883

nobby1887

nobbler1888

killer1890

muckle1897

1888 Fortn. Rev. May 630 His final struggles are shortly ended with a single tap of the ‘nobbler’.

II. A dishonest person.

†5. slang. A sharper's decoy; a swindler; a pickpocket. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > pickpocket

fig-boyc1555

foister1585

foist1591

pickpocket1591

bung1600

diver1608

pocket-picker1622

pocketeerc1626

bung-nipper1659

file1673

filer1674

shark1707

hoister1708

knuckle1781

knuckler1801

buzzgloak1819

cly-faker1819

fingersmith1819

knuck1819

fogle hunter1821

buzzman1832

nobbler1839

wire1851

gonoph1853

wirer1857

dip1859

moll-tooler1859

buzzer1862

hook1863

snotter1864

tool1865

pocket-cutter1885

dipper1889

pogue-hunter1896

pick1902

finger1925

whizz1925

whizzer1925

prat diggera1931

whizz-boy1931

whizz-man1932

reefer1935

1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 164/1 Nobblers, confederates of the thimble-men, who appear to play to induce others to do the same.

1876 J. Greenwood Low-life Deeps 209 They'll buy a truck load of slate and another of screenings and another of decent coal..and then they marry the three sorts together... They're poor beggars, all of them nobblers, and never keep their own wagons.

1876 W. Green & C. Hindley Life & Adventures Cheap Jack 261 A lot of people called ‘Nobblers’, who used to work the ‘thimble and pea rig’ and go ‘buzzing’, that is, picking pockets.

6. colloquial.

a. A person who tampers with a horse or greyhound before a race.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > people involved in horse racing > [noun] > one who tampers with horses

nobbler1854

1854 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gen. Bounce vii Nobblers and noblemen—grooms and gentlemen—..apparently all layers and no takers.

1865 Daily Tel. 18 Apr. 3 It is to be hoped that the son of Orlando will speedily have the pen put through his name, and thereby mar the ‘little game’ of the ‘nobblers’.

1964 Guardian 18 Apr. 6/3 To give a nobbler eighteen months for slipping a speedball in a greyhound's breakfast.

1975 T. Fitzgeorge-Parker Great Racehorse Trainers vi. 112 The nobblers got at him not once but twice and..they even attacked his legs to such good effect that he never ran again.

2001 Times 24 July (Sports Daily section) i. 4/2 Plenty of people have done bad things in sport—chuckers, cloggers, bribe-takers, horse-nobblers, fixers,—without exciting the same degree of loathing.

b. British. A person who secures support by unfair or underhand methods, esp. one who bribes or intimidates a jury.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > one who bribes

meeder1556

bribe-monger1563

suborner1577

briber1679

bribe broker1787

corrupter1821

boodler1885

tipster1889

nobbler1982

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > influencing or packing jury > one who

embracer1495

jury-fixer1882

nobbler1982

1982 Times 2 Oct. 3/2 Judge Peter Slot ordered a 48-strong police guard on the jury..to deter would-be ‘nobblers’.

1987 Independent 2 July 3/5 Nobblers were paid to intimidate jury members or witnesses in major court cases involving organised crime gangs.

1992 London Rev. Bks. 26 Mar. 13/2 When he appealed, the appeal board members..were nobbled by two MI5 officers. Fifteen years later..[he] got £30,000 compensation, but the nobblers of justice have not even been questioned.

1998 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 7 June 25 (heading) Pagers plan to protect jurors from nobblers.

2001 Times 11 Dec. i. 14/1 He is also..an appropriator of taxpayers' money for party advantage and a nobbler of witnesses in parliamentary investigations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nobbler
释义	nobblern. Brit. /ˈnɒbl̩ə/, /ˈnɒblə/, U.S. /ˈnɑb(ə)lər/ Forms: see nobble v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nobble v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < nobble v. + -er suffix¹; in sense 2 with allusion to the intoxicating effect of the drink. I. A person that hits; something used for hitting. 1. English regional (Staffordshire and Shropshire). A person who strikes or hits; spec. one formerly employed to strike inattentive members of a church congregation with a rod. Now historical. ΚΠ 1744 in Churchwardens' Accts. Kinver (Staffs. Rec. Office: D1197/4/1) Paid..the Nobler 5 Quarters Salary To Midr. 1744 00:12:06. 1746 in Burial Reg. Enville (Staffs. Rec. Office: D3578/1/6) Benjamin Whitton (the Nobler) was buried Decr. 6. 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua 517 Nobler, a man whose duty it is to remind inattentive youths in church, of their misbehaviour, by ‘nobling’ them, or hitting them on the head with a wand. 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 285/2 Nobbler, the church beadle who walks among the pews, and with a long wand nops upon the head of those whom he sees disposed to be drowsy, or otherwise inattentive to the service. 1985 Econ. Hist. Rev. 38 298 In the eighteenth century a nobbler was employed in both Enville church and Kinver church to keep people awake. 2. slang (chiefly Australian and New Zealand). A small quantity of alcoholic drink. Also: a small glass or container for alcoholic drink. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > small drink snack1685 smack1693 drop1699 tiff1727 toothfula1774 caulker1808 caulk1834 nobbler1842 spot1917 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > amount of drink > small amount nipperkin1619 noggin1648 pony1708 squib1756 finger1820 tot1828 nobbler1842 the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > glass glassc888 verrea1382 Venice glass1527 rummer1625 bottle glass1626 Malaga glassa1627 flute1649 flute-glass1668 long glass1680 mum-glass1684 toasting glass1703 wine glass1709 tulip-glass1755 tun-glass1755 water glass1779 tumbler-glass1795 Madeira glass1801 tumbling glass1803 noggin glass1805 champagne glass1815 table glass1815 balloon glass1819 copita1841 firing glass1842 nobbler1842 thimble glass1843 wine1848 liqueur-glass1850 straw-stem1853 pokal1854 goblet1856 mousseline1862 pony glass1862 long-sleever1872 cocktail glass1873 champagne flute1882 yard-glass1882 sleever1896 tea-glass1898 liqueur1907 dock-glass1911 toast-master glass1916 Waterford1916 stem-glass1922 Pilsner glass1923 Amen glass1924 ballon1930 balloon goblet1931 thistle glass1935 snifter1937 balloon1951 shot-glass1955 handle1956 tulip1961 schooner1967 champagne fountain1973 1842 Sydney Herald 19 May 2/7 A wag enquired whether Mr Tegg..was endeavouring to escape the licensing act by an admixture of a little salt and at the same time selling ‘nobblers’ instead of glasses. 1859 Harper's Mag. May 812/2 The fall of the curtain was the signal for renewed pleasantries, explosions of Champagne, and demands for nobblers. 1862 A. Polehampton Kangaroo Land 95 One fellow sold execrable rum at two shillings a nobbler, i.e. half a wine glass. 1908 D. Ferguson Bush Life (ed. 4) xxxv. 274 Nor did their thirst for ardent spirits appear to be in the least moderated by the price of the beverages..the good old colonial charge of one shilling per ‘nobbler’. 1949 D. M. Davin Roads from Home 216 He..was pouring it into two nobblers he had fished out of the pocket. 1971 Walkabout (Austral.) Nov. 73/1 Whisky costs around 300 rupiahs, or some 75 cents, for a generous nobbler. †3. Boxing slang. A blow to the head. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > [noun] > on the head nope1684 nobber1811 nob1812 nobbing1819 cob1828 nobbler1848 1848 Sinks of London laid Open 117/1 Nobblers, blows, thumps. 1859 Bell's Life in London 3 July 7/1 Hall, who was hitting as his man was falling, again missed planting a nobbler. †4. slang. A short stick used for killing fish. Cf. nobby n.² Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > other fishing equipment > [noun] > mallet or stick to kill fish priest1851 gob stick1883 nobby1887 nobbler1888 killer1890 muckle1897 1888 Fortn. Rev. May 630 His final struggles are shortly ended with a single tap of the ‘nobbler’. II. A dishonest person. †5. slang. A sharper's decoy; a swindler; a pickpocket. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > pickpocket fig-boyc1555 foister1585 foist1591 pickpocket1591 bung1600 diver1608 pocket-picker1622 pocketeerc1626 bung-nipper1659 file1673 filer1674 shark1707 hoister1708 knuckle1781 knuckler1801 buzzgloak1819 cly-faker1819 fingersmith1819 knuck1819 fogle hunter1821 buzzman1832 nobbler1839 wire1851 gonoph1853 wirer1857 dip1859 moll-tooler1859 buzzer1862 hook1863 snotter1864 tool1865 pocket-cutter1885 dipper1889 pogue-hunter1896 pick1902 finger1925 whizz1925 whizzer1925 prat diggera1931 whizz-boy1931 whizz-man1932 reefer1935 1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 164/1 Nobblers, confederates of the thimble-men, who appear to play to induce others to do the same. 1876 J. Greenwood Low-life Deeps 209 They'll buy a truck load of slate and another of screenings and another of decent coal..and then they marry the three sorts together... They're poor beggars, all of them nobblers, and never keep their own wagons. 1876 W. Green & C. Hindley Life & Adventures Cheap Jack 261 A lot of people called ‘Nobblers’, who used to work the ‘thimble and pea rig’ and go ‘buzzing’, that is, picking pockets. 6. colloquial. a. A person who tampers with a horse or greyhound before a race. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > people involved in horse racing > [noun] > one who tampers with horses nobbler1854 1854 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gen. Bounce vii Nobblers and noblemen—grooms and gentlemen—..apparently all layers and no takers. 1865 Daily Tel. 18 Apr. 3 It is to be hoped that the son of Orlando will speedily have the pen put through his name, and thereby mar the ‘little game’ of the ‘nobblers’. 1964 Guardian 18 Apr. 6/3 To give a nobbler eighteen months for slipping a speedball in a greyhound's breakfast. 1975 T. Fitzgeorge-Parker Great Racehorse Trainers vi. 112 The nobblers got at him not once but twice and..they even attacked his legs to such good effect that he never ran again. 2001 Times 24 July (Sports Daily section) i. 4/2 Plenty of people have done bad things in sport—chuckers, cloggers, bribe-takers, horse-nobblers, fixers,—without exciting the same degree of loathing. b. British. A person who secures support by unfair or underhand methods, esp. one who bribes or intimidates a jury. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > one who bribes meeder1556 bribe-monger1563 suborner1577 briber1679 bribe broker1787 corrupter1821 boodler1885 tipster1889 nobbler1982 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > influencing or packing jury > one who embracer1495 jury-fixer1882 nobbler1982 1982 Times 2 Oct. 3/2 Judge Peter Slot ordered a 48-strong police guard on the jury..to deter would-be ‘nobblers’. 1987 Independent 2 July 3/5 Nobblers were paid to intimidate jury members or witnesses in major court cases involving organised crime gangs. 1992 London Rev. Bks. 26 Mar. 13/2 When he appealed, the appeal board members..were nobbled by two MI5 officers. Fifteen years later..[he] got £30,000 compensation, but the nobblers of justice have not even been questioned. 1998 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 7 June 25 (heading) Pagers plan to protect jurors from nobblers. 2001 Times 11 Dec. i. 14/1 He is also..an appropriator of taxpayers' money for party advantage and a nobbler of witnesses in parliamentary investigations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1744
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