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nibs slang.
[Origin obscure.]
= nabs. Esp. his nibs, His Nibs, an employer, a superior; a self-important person.
1821D. Haggart Life Gloss. 172. 1846 Swell's Night Guide 57 She flokessed his nibs, and hooked it off to his crib. 1877Brooklyn Monthly Oct. 21/2 Salute the hostess by saying: ‘Cully, how's his nibs?’ 1882G. W. Peck Sunshine 131 A respectable merchant was going to the opera with a friend from the country, when a couple of sirens met them and one said to the other, ‘Look at his nibs.’ 1903A. Adams Log Cowboy xxi. 333 Just to show his royal nibs that he's been thoughtless. 1906E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands ii. 18 They're settin' her nibs t'-day. 1906[see dilly a.1]. 1919G. S. Gordon Let. 30 June (1943) 115 We get on to the Caesar, and find their nibs strolling the quarterdeck after dinner. 1928‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country ii. 33 Gifts..including a splendid meerschaum pipe for his Nibs. 1933M. Allingham Sweet Danger xxi. 218 What if 'Is Nib's boy friends spot us before? 1944[see Hampshire b]. 1957H. Croome Forgotten Place 175, I wish I could just lie on a bed and smoke, like His Nibs. 1967A. Wilson No Laughing Matter i. 21 His father smiled. ‘Trust His Nibs to have noticed that deficiency.’ 1973A. Hunter Gently French i. 9 Since when were you on first-name terms with His Nibs? 1974O. Manning Rain Forest ii. i. 141 Her nibs don't like me calling him ‘old bugger’. There's a snobby bitch, if you like! |