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noun nɒbnɑb British informal A person of wealth or high social position. 〈英，非正式〉阔佬，有钱人；社会地位高的人 it was quite a do—all the nobs were there Example sentencesExamples - We transported some Chelsea nobs to the art galleries up Piccadilly and we delivered a smiling kid with an Incredibles balloon to the estates of Highbury.
- Jack at last relented about my going to Tartan Day - but I had to fly on the cheapest economy ticket, while Jack and the rest of the nobs flew First.
- Previously chicken was regarded as mere peasant food, but the ever socially aspirant Portuguese saw the nobs taking an interest in the chicken stones and started to eat more chicken and chicken related products.
- The real worry about this is that it did not happen in Chapel town in Leeds, nor in some of the riot-prone ghettoes of Bradford, but in a leafy part of Mar'ton where the nobs all live.
- It is good, of course, for the nobs to get about a bit and see how the other half lives; but this will not necessarily benefit anybody but themselves, whereas joining a political organisation might bring the masses real gains.
- I really think the big nobs were here to see if we should begin production of the 5 series or the 7 series at the Amata City plant.
- If I blocked out all the wealthy nobs around me I could see only one thing.
- He once famously warned the Government that British television was being turned into a two-tier system: ‘Telly for the nobs and telly for the slobs’.
- Sebastian was probably the best in their batch, although that was expected, since if Jacob's theory was true, he must be a nob, and nobs always learned to fence fancy.
- The whole economy is down, except for the big nobs who can afford to get it back somehow.
Synonyms aristocracy, aristocrats, lords, ladies, peerage, peers, peers of the realm, peeresses, nobles, noblemen, noblewomen, titled men, titled people, titled women, members of the aristocracy, members of the nobility, members of the peerage, patricians
Derivativesadjective British informal Although it's all hip and happening and located in the East Village, it's not a nobby joint and no one will think twice if you turn up in your sweats after a workout at the gym. Example sentencesExamples - Even so, this is a distinctly more nobby Sonata than anyone has seen, a far cry from the upper-echelon mini cab that it formerly was.
- Lets be honest 90% of most nobby restaurant lists consist of the same old trophy wines.
OriginLate 17th century (originally Scots as knab): of unknown origin. Rhymesblob, bob, cob, dob, fob, glob, gob, hob, job, lob, mob, rob, slob, snob, sob, squab, stob, swab, throb, yob Phrasesinformal (in cribbage) a bonus point scored for holding the jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer. 〔克里比奇牌戏〕（与发牌人所翻花色相同的J的持有者）得一分 Example sentencesExamples - A player who holds the Jack of the same suit as the start pegs one for his nob.
- This game had it all… a double-pair royal, a controversial muggins, a come-from-behind peg out, and even one for his nob.
- He put his hand under where the container should have been and then handed the bob back to his ma - not a smile or a comment from the card players, just, ‘Fifteen for two, 15, four and one for his nob.’
OriginLate 17th century: apparently a variant of knob. nounnɑbnäb British informal A person of wealth or high social position. 〈英，非正式〉阔佬，有钱人；社会地位高的人 Example sentencesExamples - He once famously warned the Government that British television was being turned into a two-tier system: ‘Telly for the nobs and telly for the slobs’.
- Previously chicken was regarded as mere peasant food, but the ever socially aspirant Portuguese saw the nobs taking an interest in the chicken stones and started to eat more chicken and chicken related products.
- If I blocked out all the wealthy nobs around me I could see only one thing.
- I really think the big nobs were here to see if we should begin production of the 5 series or the 7 series at the Amata City plant.
- It is good, of course, for the nobs to get about a bit and see how the other half lives; but this will not necessarily benefit anybody but themselves, whereas joining a political organisation might bring the masses real gains.
- We transported some Chelsea nobs to the art galleries up Piccadilly and we delivered a smiling kid with an Incredibles balloon to the estates of Highbury.
- The real worry about this is that it did not happen in Chapel town in Leeds, nor in some of the riot-prone ghettoes of Bradford, but in a leafy part of Mar'ton where the nobs all live.
- Sebastian was probably the best in their batch, although that was expected, since if Jacob's theory was true, he must be a nob, and nobs always learned to fence fancy.
- The whole economy is down, except for the big nobs who can afford to get it back somehow.
- Jack at last relented about my going to Tartan Day - but I had to fly on the cheapest economy ticket, while Jack and the rest of the nobs flew First.
Synonyms aristocracy, aristocrats, lords, ladies, peerage, peers, peers of the realm, peeresses, nobles, noblemen, noblewomen, titled men, titled people, titled women, members of the aristocracy, members of the nobility, members of the peerage, patricians
OriginLate 17th century (originally Scots as knab): of unknown origin. Phrasesinformal (in cribbage) a bonus point scored for holding the jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer. 〔克里比奇牌戏〕（与发牌人所翻花色相同的J的持有者）得一分 Example sentencesExamples - This game had it all… a double-pair royal, a controversial muggins, a come-from-behind peg out, and even one for his nob.
- A player who holds the Jack of the same suit as the start pegs one for his nob.
- He put his hand under where the container should have been and then handed the bob back to his ma - not a smile or a comment from the card players, just, ‘Fifteen for two, 15, four and one for his nob.’
OriginLate 17th century: apparently a variant of knob. |