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单词 hobnobbing
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hobnobbing in British English

present participle of verb
hobnob
 

hobnob in British English

(ˈhɒbˌnɒb)
verbWord forms: -nobs, -nobbing or -nobbed (intransitive; often foll by with)
1. 
to socialize or talk informally
2.  obsolete
to drink (with)
Word origin
C18: from hob or nob to drink to one another in turns, hence, to be familiar, ultimately from Old Englishhabban to have + nabban not to have

Examples of 'hobnobbing' in a sentence
hobnobbing

Her daydreams, he thought, were social, 'hobnobbing' with the great.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
Is there a downside to hobnobbing with tycoons?
Globe and Mail (2003)
That feel of the old hobnobbing with the new is more amiable.
Smithsonian (2010)
It was only a bit of harmless hobnobbing.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But hobnobbing with captains of industry has clearly convinced him that he doesn't want to be one of them.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
What would you give to spend an evening hobnobbing with the saviour of the western world?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
After all, he would be hobnobbing daily with these snobs who, among them, we must assume, have many 'hot' tickets.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Often their best chance of talking to the grandees hobnobbing yards away is to call head offices back home.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
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