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nob 1
(nŏb)n.
1. Slang The human head.
2. The jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer in cribbage, scoring one point for the holder.
[Perhaps variant of knob.]
nob 2
(nŏb)n. Chiefly British Slang
A person of wealth or social standing: "The nobs were forever snubbing the snobs" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).
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nob
(nɒb)n
1. (Card Games) the jack of the suit turned up
2. (Card Games) one for his nob the call made with this jack, scoring one point
[C19: of uncertain origin]
nob
(nɒb)n
slang chiefly Brit a person of social distinction
[C19: of uncertain origin]
ˈnobby adj
ˈnobbily adv
nob
(nɒb)n
slang the head
[C17: perhaps a variant of knob]
nob
(nɒb)n
a variant spelling of knob4
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nob1
(nɒb)n.
1. Slang. the head.
2. Sometimes, his nobs. (in cribbage) the jack of the same suit as the card turned up, counting one to the holder.
[1690–1700; perhaps variant of knob]
nob2
(nɒb)n. Chiefly Brit.
a person of wealth or social importance.
[1745–55; earlier knabb (Scots), nab]
nob′by, adj.
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nob
noun (Slang) aristocrat, fat cat (slang, chiefly U.S.), toff (Brit. slang), bigwig (informal), celeb (informal), big shot (informal), big hitter (informal), aristo (informal), heavy hitter (informal), nabob (informal), V.I.P. The crook revealed how he mixed with nobs as he pretended to be an aristocrat.
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nob
1 [nɒb] N (Anat) → mollera f, coco m, cholla f (Mex)nob
2 [nɒb] N (Brit) (= toff, person of importance) → potentado/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
nob
1n (inf) → einer der besseren Leute (inf); all the nobs → all die besseren Leute (inf), → alles, was Rang und Namen hat
nob
2n (inf: = head) → Rübe f (inf)
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