† nobn.¹

Forms: Middle English nobbes (plural).

Origin: Perhaps (i) a borrowing from Dutch. Or perhaps (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Dutch nop ; knob n.

Etymology: Perhaps < Middle Dutch nop, noppe wool fluff, flock (compare also Dutch regional (West Flanders) noppen (plural) knots on thread) or Middle Low German noppen (plural) in specific sense ‘knots on a thread’ (see nap n.²), or perhaps a variant of knob n. Compare nobbly adj.

Obsolete.

A knot (on thread).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > defect or irregularity in

noba1398

twitter1639

twit1819

slub1825

snick1875

ballooning1904

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 249^v Þerof is þreed y-sponne, þat is..vneuene and ful of nobbes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

nobn.²

Brit.

/nɒb/, U.S.

/nɑb/

Forms:

α. Scottish pre-1700 1900s– nabb, 1700s–1800s knab, 1700s–1800s nab, 1700s– knabb; Irish English (northern) 1900s– knab, 1900s– nab.

β. 1800s knob, 1800s nobb, 1800s– nob.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: nab n.², nob n.³

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a specific use of nab n.² or nob n.³ Compare earlier knap n.¹ 2 and later nabs n., nib n.³, nibs n.It has been suggested that this word is shortened < noble n.¹ or nobleman n. (perhaps originally as a graphic abbreviation), although this would not explain the α. forms. In later use, perhaps influenced by association with nabob n.

slang. depreciative in later use.

A person of some wealth or social distinction.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > toff or swell

nob1676

swell1786

toff1851

silver-tail1898

α.

1676 Minute Bk. Inverness Tailors 10 Oct. The said John Baillie..resolved..that the most discreet and sound nabbs of the freemen should join with him in council.

1755 R. Forbes Shop-bill in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 37 Doughty geer That either knabbs or lairds may weer.

1796 J. Lauderdale Coll. Poems Sc. Dial. 75 A' the fat nabs through the countra.

1819 J. Thomson Poems Sc. Dial. (new ed.) 29 (E.D.D.) The nabs will say, that duddy soul Shall no sit near, nor taste our bowl.

1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-head 62 Upo' her back the wauchty creels, She thraws as eithly in a spell; As yon ‘half-nabs’ do their mantels.

1917 T. W. Paterson Wyse-sayin's xxi. 22 A wyse man speels ower the tap o' a toon-fu' o' knabbs, An' gies their upsettin silly consait an unco ding ower.

β. 1809 MS Lett. of W. Fowler My Drawings and Engravings..have recommended me to the notice of the first Nobbs of this Kingdom.1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 224 Nob or big wig.1832 B. Hall Frag. Voy. & Trav. 2nd Ser. I. 117 They [sc. the passengers] fall under the description of what Jack calls ‘Knobs’.1836 B. Disraeli Henrietta Temple v. xviii The little waiter who began to think Ferdinand was not such a nob as he had imagined.1872 Punch 3 Feb. 47/1 Why don't your nobs and swells get up poor's schools of their own?1938 P. Kavanagh Green Fool ii. 24 The children of the nobs called their white bread ‘lunch’ and nibbled at it with aristocratic finger-tips.1962 J. B. Keane Hut 42 31 When a Paddy tries to come the nob, that's the limit, that is!1993 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 June 31/1 In the unending British civil war of Yobs vs Nobs, Ritchie is decidedly on the side of the Yobs.

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

nobn.³

Brit.

/nɒb/, U.S.

/nɑb/

Forms:

α. 1600s– nob, 1700s nobb.

β. 1700s–1900s knob.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: knob n.

Etymology: Probably originally a variant of knob n., now distinguished in form in senses below. Compare nab n.²With sense 2 compare noddy n.² 2. The senses ‘nose’ and ‘toe’ are also found regionally in Scotland and northern England: see Eng. Dial. Dict. s.vv. nob n.¹ and v.¹ 5, 6 and Sc. National Dict. s.vv. nob n.¹ Compare also Eng. Dial. Dict. s.vv. knob n. and v. 9, 10.

a. Originally cant. The head. Also figurative. Cf. ginger nob n. at ginger n. and adj.¹ Compounds 2. Now colloquial and somewhat archaic.bob a nob: see bob n.⁸ 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun]

nolleOE

headOE

topa1225

copc1264

scalpa1300

chiefc1330

crownc1330

jowla1400

poll?a1400

testea1400

ball in the hoodc1400

palleta1425

noddle?1507

costard?1515

nab?1536

neck1560

coxcomb1567

sconce1567

now1568

headpiece1579

mazer1581

mazardc1595

cockcomb1602

costrel1604

cranion1611

pasha1616

noddle pate1622

block1635

cranium1647

sallet1652

poundrel1664

nob1699

crany?1730

knowledge box1755

noodle1762

noggin1769

napper1785

garret1796

pimple1811

knowledge-casket1822

coco1828

cobbra1832

coconut1834

top-piece1838

nut1841

barnet1857

twopenny1859

chump1864

topknot1869

conk1870

masthead1884

filbert1886

bonce1889

crumpet1891

dome1891

roof1897

beanc1905

belfry1907

hat rack1907

melon1907

box1908

lemon1923

loaf1925

pound1933

sconec1945

nana1966

α.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Nob, a Head.

1733 K. O'Hara Tom Thumb i. iv 12 Do pop up your nob again, And egad I'll crack your crown.

1759 Compl. Let.-writer (ed. 6) 220 Miss Bennet had apparel'd her nob in a frightful Fanny Murry Cap.

?1782 G. Parker Humorous Sketches 155 Here no despotic power shews Oppression's haughty nob.

1819 Sporting Mag. 4 237 A tremendous lunging blow on his nob.

1833 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 167 A little dark spare man, With bald shining nob.

1894 G. Meredith Lord Ormont i Matey's sure aim..relieving J. Masner of a foremost assailant with a spanker on the nob.

1910 C. E. Montague Hind let Loose i. 12 Brumby got one for his nob... Bellona's other bridegroom took it on the boko [sc. nose].

1938 T. H. White Sword in Stone vii. 116 ‘Take that!’ cried Sir Grummore, giving the unfortunate monarch a two-handed swipe on the nob.

1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon 494 Wearily Mason pulls on Oil-cloths, tugs his Service-Grade Beaver of his Nob, and emerges.

β. 1725 New Canting Dict. Knob, the Head or Skull.1868 College Rhymes No. 26. 165 Ozymandias rode to the meet On a fast-trotting cream-coloured cob, With very queer boots on his feet, And a very queer hat on his knob.1888 ‘M. Robertson’ Lombard St. Myst. xvi. 165 It were s'posed the guilty deed were one too much for 'is knob.1923 Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel 19 Mar. 9/1 But use your knob upon the job, or George will do it—and throw you out!

†b. 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

1812 Sporting Mag. 39 153 By flush-hits, and nobs and fibs Who crack'd the jaw and broke the ribs Of fearless Thomas Molineux.

2. Cribbage. A jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer, scoring one to its holder; esp. in one for his (also rarely her) nob (or nobs). Cf. heel n.¹ 6.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > cribbage > [noun] > jack

his heels1754

nob1821

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > picture-card > jack > in specific games

pur1592

Tom1647

maker1753

his heels1754

bragger1807

nob1821

right bower1839

1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Feb. 163/2 There was nothing silly in it, like the nob in cribbage.

1834 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (1836) 1st Ser. I. 208 ‘One for his nob!’ said Gobler.

1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows III. liv. 278 Fifteen two, and a pair's four, and his nob's five.

?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle , Cribbage 18 If you hold in your hand or crib a knave of the same suit as the card turned up you peg one. In the familiar phrase, you take ‘one for his nob’.

1882 Society 11 Nov. 9/1 In cribbage parlance, it was one for her nob and two for her heels.

1969 R. C. Bell Board & Table Games (ed. 2) II. viii. 119 For the Knave of the exposed card, ‘his nobs’ 1 point.

1979 Official World Encycl. Sports & Games 113/3 If a player holds a jack of the same suit as the start, he scores ‘one for his nob’.

3. Australian and New Zealand. slang. A coin with two heads, used to cheat in gambling games, esp. two-up (see two-up n. 1). Cf. grey n. 10.Now in historical use, except with reference to games of two-up played as a tradition on Anzac Day.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > wrongly stamped coin

mule1801

nob1885

1885 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Aug. 12/2 Someone has rung in the nob on the man who had the kip and let the mug collar the plunder.

1899 N. Queensland Reg. (Nexis) 20 Nov. 9/4 A bush spieler, whose pockets were full of ‘tats’ and ‘nobs’ and ‘greys’.

1932 Western Mail (Perth, Austral.) 22 Sept. 2/3 Our cobber would always have a dinkum grey or nob on him.

2007 Illawarra (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 25 Apr. 5 Calls of ‘come in, spinner’ are set to echo across the region, with nobs, kips and ringers making a comeback, if only for a day.

Compounds

† nob-thatch n. slang Obsolete hair.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [noun]

lockeOE

faxc900

hairc1000

headOE

topc1275

toppingc1400

peruke1548

fleece1577

crine1581

head of hair1587

poll1603

a fell of haira1616

thatcha1634

maidenhair1648

chevelure1652

wool1697

toupet1834

nob-thatch1846

barnet1857

toss1946

1846 J. Sheppard Let. in Littell's Living Age 17 Oct. 139/1 Mr Chesterton's ‘nick’ is yet fearfully visible among my hair, whence a great paucity of nob-thatch.

1866 E. Yates Land at Last I. vii. 134 You've got a paucity of nob-thatch, and what 'air you 'ave is..gray.

† nob thatcher n. slang Obsolete a wig-maker; a hatter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > hat-making > one who

hatter1212

hatmaker1355

hurrer1403

haberdasher1566

chapeler1601

nob thatcher1793

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > wig-making > one who

periwig-maker1598

noddle-thatcher1716

tête-maker1789

nob thatcher1793

board-worker1927

1793 F. Grose Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Nob thatcher, a peruke maker.

1823 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry i. v Some of our dashing straw-chippers and nob-thatchers in Burlington Arcade.

1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 126/2 Nob thatcher, a hat maker.

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

† nobn.⁴

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: knobstick n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps shortened < knobstick n. (compare sense 2a s.v.).

Scottish. Obsolete.

= knobstick n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > striking > refusing to strike

dung1765

scab1777

knobstick1794

leg1815

rat1824

nob1825

black1826

blackneb1832

blacknob1838

knob1839

snob1839

blackleg1844

snob-stick1860

non-striker1868

ratter1890

strike-breaker1904

1825 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Oct. 495 There have of late been several cases of assault upon the workmen termed ‘nobs’ in Messrs. Dunlop's mill.

1870 J. K. Hunter Life Stud. Char. xix. 136 They ha'e a strong society,..and hate nobs such as me.

1886 D. Macleod Clyde District Dumbartonshire I. 22 The ‘nobs’ and their protectors proceeded to the works.

1895 J. Nicholson Kilwuddie (ed. 4) 174 Nae mercy for the nobs, the blackleg crew.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

† nobv.¹

Forms: 1800s knob, 1800s nob; Scottish pre-1700 nob.

Origin: Partly of uncertain origin. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nob n.³

Etymology: In sense 2 < nob n.³ The origin of sense 1 is uncertain, as is the reading of quot. a1586 at sense 1, which may rather show a transmission error for now v.¹

Obsolete.

1. transitive. Scottish. Probably: to beat, strike. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)]

swingc725

slayc825

knockc1000

platOE

swengea1225

swipa1225

kill?c1225

girdc1275

hitc1275

befta1300

anhitc1300

frapa1330

lushc1330

reddec1330

takec1330

popc1390

swapa1400

jod?14..

quella1425

suffetc1440

smith1451

nolpc1540

bedunch1567

percuss1575

noba1586

affrap1590

cuff?1611

doda1661

buffa1796

pug1802

nob1811

scud1814

bunt1825

belt1838

duntle1850

punt1886

plunk1888

potch1892

to stick one on1910

clunk1943

zonk1950

a1586 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 154 Thair durst na ten cum him to tak So nobbit [1568 Bannatyne nowit] he þair nowis.

2. Boxing slang.

a. transitive. To strike (a person), esp. on the head.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)]

swingc725

slayc825

knockc1000

platOE

swengea1225

swipa1225

kill?c1225

girdc1275

hitc1275

befta1300

anhitc1300

frapa1330

lushc1330

reddec1330

takec1330

popc1390

swapa1400

jod?14..

quella1425

suffetc1440

smith1451

nolpc1540

bedunch1567

percuss1575

noba1586

affrap1590

cuff?1611

doda1661

buffa1796

pug1802

nob1811

scud1814

bunt1825

belt1838

duntle1850

punt1886

plunk1888

potch1892

to stick one on1910

clunk1943

zonk1950

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > strike on specific part of body [verb (transitive)] > on the head

mazer1596

mazard1616

nope1684

snabble1725

crown1746

jow1802

nob1811

bean1910

skull1945

1811 Sporting Mag. Oct. 18/2 After Crib had again nobbed him.

1818 Sporting Mag. Aug. 211/2 He knobbed his adversary well.

1823 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry ii. iv I've nobb'd him on the canister.

1842 Whip (N.Y.) 9 July 2 McCoy nobbed his opponent, and he went down bleeding.

b. intransitive. To deliver a blow to the head.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > strike on specific part of the body [verb (intransitive)] > on the head

nob1812

to scuttle (a person's) nob1834

1812 Sporting Mag. Jan. 153/2 Tom, who cou'd both fib and nob.

1813 Sporting Mag. Nov. 55/2 Alexander kept nobbing with his left hand at the other.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

nobv.²

Brit.

/nɒb/, U.S.

/nɑb/

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Compare slightly earlier nobbins n.It has been suggested that this word is derived < nob n.³, with allusion to the collection of an amount of money per head, although connections with nab v.² and nobble v. are also possible.

British slang.

†1. intransitive. To seek contributions of money, esp. after a performance. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 135/2 We also ‘nob’, or gather the money.

2. transitive. To seek contributions of money from (persons); to seek contributions of (money), esp. after a performance. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 206/2 I saw some men coming out of a chemical works, and we went to ‘nob’ them (that's get some halfpence out of them).

1893 P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo vi I nobbed half a sovereign from a young visitor, besides a lot of small money.

1908 G. Sanger Seventy Years Showman xxxii. 96 Not a soul among the spectators..escaped being nobbed.

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

n.¹a1398

n.²1676

n.³1699

n.⁴1825

v.¹a1586

v.²1861

单词	nob
释义	† nobn.¹ Forms: Middle English nobbes (plural). Origin: Perhaps (i) a borrowing from Dutch. Or perhaps (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Dutch nop ; knob n. Etymology: Perhaps < Middle Dutch nop, noppe wool fluff, flock (compare also Dutch regional (West Flanders) noppen (plural) knots on thread) or Middle Low German noppen (plural) in specific sense ‘knots on a thread’ (see nap n.²), or perhaps a variant of knob n. Compare nobbly adj. Obsolete. A knot (on thread). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > defect or irregularity in noba1398 twitter1639 twit1819 slub1825 snick1875 ballooning1904 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 249^v Þerof is þreed y-sponne, þat is..vneuene and ful of nobbes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). nobn.² Brit. /nɒb/, U.S. /nɑb/ Forms: α. Scottish pre-1700 1900s– nabb, 1700s–1800s knab, 1700s–1800s nab, 1700s– knabb; Irish English (northern) 1900s– knab, 1900s– nab. β. 1800s knob, 1800s nobb, 1800s– nob. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: nab n.², nob n.³ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a specific use of nab n.² or nob n.³ Compare earlier knap n.¹ 2 and later nabs n., nib n.³, nibs n.It has been suggested that this word is shortened < noble n.¹ or nobleman n. (perhaps originally as a graphic abbreviation), although this would not explain the α. forms. In later use, perhaps influenced by association with nabob n. slang. depreciative in later use. A person of some wealth or social distinction. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > toff or swell nob1676 swell1786 toff1851 silver-tail1898 α. 1676 Minute Bk. Inverness Tailors 10 Oct. The said John Baillie..resolved..that the most discreet and sound nabbs of the freemen should join with him in council. 1755 R. Forbes Shop-bill in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 37 Doughty geer That either knabbs or lairds may weer. 1796 J. Lauderdale Coll. Poems Sc. Dial. 75 A' the fat nabs through the countra. 1819 J. Thomson Poems Sc. Dial. (new ed.) 29 (E.D.D.) The nabs will say, that duddy soul Shall no sit near, nor taste our bowl. 1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-head 62 Upo' her back the wauchty creels, She thraws as eithly in a spell; As yon ‘half-nabs’ do their mantels. 1917 T. W. Paterson Wyse-sayin's xxi. 22 A wyse man speels ower the tap o' a toon-fu' o' knabbs, An' gies their upsettin silly consait an unco ding ower. β. 1809 MS Lett. of W. Fowler My Drawings and Engravings..have recommended me to the notice of the first Nobbs of this Kingdom.1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 224 Nob or big wig.1832 B. Hall Frag. Voy. & Trav. 2nd Ser. I. 117 They [sc. the passengers] fall under the description of what Jack calls ‘Knobs’.1836 B. Disraeli Henrietta Temple v. xviii The little waiter who began to think Ferdinand was not such a nob as he had imagined.1872 Punch 3 Feb. 47/1 Why don't your nobs and swells get up poor's schools of their own?1938 P. Kavanagh Green Fool ii. 24 The children of the nobs called their white bread ‘lunch’ and nibbled at it with aristocratic finger-tips.1962 J. B. Keane Hut 42 31 When a Paddy tries to come the nob, that's the limit, that is!1993 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 June 31/1 In the unending British civil war of Yobs vs Nobs, Ritchie is decidedly on the side of the Yobs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nobn.³ Brit. /nɒb/, U.S. /nɑb/ Forms: α. 1600s– nob, 1700s nobb. β. 1700s–1900s knob. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: knob n. Etymology: Probably originally a variant of knob n., now distinguished in form in senses below. Compare nab n.²With sense 2 compare noddy n.² 2. The senses ‘nose’ and ‘toe’ are also found regionally in Scotland and northern England: see Eng. Dial. Dict. s.vv. nob n.¹ and v.¹ 5, 6 and Sc. National Dict. s.vv. nob n.¹ Compare also Eng. Dial. Dict. s.vv. knob n. and v. 9, 10. 1. a. Originally cant. The head. Also figurative. Cf. ginger nob n. at ginger n. and adj.¹ Compounds 2. Now colloquial and somewhat archaic.bob a nob: see bob n.⁸ 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun] nolleOE headOE topa1225 copc1264 scalpa1300 chiefc1330 crownc1330 jowla1400 poll?a1400 testea1400 ball in the hoodc1400 palleta1425 noddle?1507 costard?1515 nab?1536 neck1560 coxcomb1567 sconce1567 now1568 headpiece1579 mazer1581 mazardc1595 cockcomb1602 costrel1604 cranion1611 pasha1616 noddle pate1622 block1635 cranium1647 sallet1652 poundrel1664 nob1699 crany?1730 knowledge box1755 noodle1762 noggin1769 napper1785 garret1796 pimple1811 knowledge-casket1822 coco1828 cobbra1832 coconut1834 top-piece1838 nut1841 barnet1857 twopenny1859 chump1864 topknot1869 conk1870 masthead1884 filbert1886 bonce1889 crumpet1891 dome1891 roof1897 beanc1905 belfry1907 hat rack1907 melon1907 box1908 lemon1923 loaf1925 pound1933 sconec1945 nana1966 α. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Nob, a Head. 1733 K. O'Hara Tom Thumb i. iv 12 Do pop up your nob again, And egad I'll crack your crown. 1759 Compl. Let.-writer (ed. 6) 220 Miss Bennet had apparel'd her nob in a frightful Fanny Murry Cap. ?1782 G. Parker Humorous Sketches 155 Here no despotic power shews Oppression's haughty nob. 1819 Sporting Mag. 4 237 A tremendous lunging blow on his nob. 1833 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 167 A little dark spare man, With bald shining nob. 1894 G. Meredith Lord Ormont i Matey's sure aim..relieving J. Masner of a foremost assailant with a spanker on the nob. 1910 C. E. Montague Hind let Loose i. 12 Brumby got one for his nob... Bellona's other bridegroom took it on the boko [sc. nose]. 1938 T. H. White Sword in Stone vii. 116 ‘Take that!’ cried Sir Grummore, giving the unfortunate monarch a two-handed swipe on the nob. 1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon 494 Wearily Mason pulls on Oil-cloths, tugs his Service-Grade Beaver of his Nob, and emerges. β. 1725 New Canting Dict. Knob, the Head or Skull.1868 College Rhymes No. 26. 165 Ozymandias rode to the meet On a fast-trotting cream-coloured cob, With very queer boots on his feet, And a very queer hat on his knob.1888 ‘M. Robertson’ Lombard St. Myst. xvi. 165 It were s'posed the guilty deed were one too much for 'is knob.1923 Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel 19 Mar. 9/1 But use your knob upon the job, or George will do it—and throw you out! †b. 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 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 153 By flush-hits, and nobs and fibs Who crack'd the jaw and broke the ribs Of fearless Thomas Molineux. 2. Cribbage. A jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer, scoring one to its holder; esp. in one for his (also rarely her) nob (or nobs). Cf. heel n.¹ 6. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > cribbage > [noun] > jack his heels1754 nob1821 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > picture-card > jack > in specific games pur1592 Tom1647 maker1753 his heels1754 bragger1807 nob1821 right bower1839 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Feb. 163/2 There was nothing silly in it, like the nob in cribbage. 1834 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (1836) 1st Ser. I. 208 ‘One for his nob!’ said Gobler. 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows III. liv. 278 Fifteen two, and a pair's four, and his nob's five. ?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle , Cribbage 18 If you hold in your hand or crib a knave of the same suit as the card turned up you peg one. In the familiar phrase, you take ‘one for his nob’. 1882 Society 11 Nov. 9/1 In cribbage parlance, it was one for her nob and two for her heels. 1969 R. C. Bell Board & Table Games (ed. 2) II. viii. 119 For the Knave of the exposed card, ‘his nobs’ 1 point. 1979 Official World Encycl. Sports & Games 113/3 If a player holds a jack of the same suit as the start, he scores ‘one for his nob’. 3. Australian and New Zealand. slang. A coin with two heads, used to cheat in gambling games, esp. two-up (see two-up n. 1). Cf. grey n. 10.Now in historical use, except with reference to games of two-up played as a tradition on Anzac Day. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > wrongly stamped coin mule1801 nob1885 1885 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Aug. 12/2 Someone has rung in the nob on the man who had the kip and let the mug collar the plunder. 1899 N. Queensland Reg. (Nexis) 20 Nov. 9/4 A bush spieler, whose pockets were full of ‘tats’ and ‘nobs’ and ‘greys’. 1932 Western Mail (Perth, Austral.) 22 Sept. 2/3 Our cobber would always have a dinkum grey or nob on him. 2007 Illawarra (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 25 Apr. 5 Calls of ‘come in, spinner’ are set to echo across the region, with nobs, kips and ringers making a comeback, if only for a day. Compounds † nob-thatch n. slang Obsolete hair. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [noun] lockeOE faxc900 hairc1000 hairc1000 headOE topc1275 toppingc1400 peruke1548 fleece1577 crine1581 head of hair1587 poll1603 a fell of haira1616 thatcha1634 maidenhair1648 chevelure1652 wool1697 toupet1834 nob-thatch1846 barnet1857 toss1946 1846 J. Sheppard Let. in Littell's Living Age 17 Oct. 139/1 Mr Chesterton's ‘nick’ is yet fearfully visible among my hair, whence a great paucity of nob-thatch. 1866 E. Yates Land at Last I. vii. 134 You've got a paucity of nob-thatch, and what 'air you 'ave is..gray. † nob thatcher n. slang Obsolete a wig-maker; a hatter. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > hat-making > one who hatter1212 hatmaker1355 hurrer1403 haberdasher1566 chapeler1601 nob thatcher1793 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > wig-making > one who periwig-maker1598 noddle-thatcher1716 tête-maker1789 nob thatcher1793 board-worker1927 1793 F. Grose Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Nob thatcher, a peruke maker. 1823 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry i. v Some of our dashing straw-chippers and nob-thatchers in Burlington Arcade. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 126/2 Nob thatcher, a hat maker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † nobn.⁴ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: knobstick n. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps shortened < knobstick n. (compare sense 2a s.v.). Scottish. Obsolete. = knobstick n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > striking > refusing to strike dung1765 scab1777 knobstick1794 leg1815 rat1824 nob1825 black1826 blackneb1832 blacknob1838 knob1839 snob1839 blackleg1844 snob-stick1860 non-striker1868 ratter1890 strike-breaker1904 1825 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Oct. 495 There have of late been several cases of assault upon the workmen termed ‘nobs’ in Messrs. Dunlop's mill. 1870 J. K. Hunter Life Stud. Char. xix. 136 They ha'e a strong society,..and hate nobs such as me. 1886 D. Macleod Clyde District Dumbartonshire I. 22 The ‘nobs’ and their protectors proceeded to the works. 1895 J. Nicholson Kilwuddie (ed. 4) 174 Nae mercy for the nobs, the blackleg crew. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † nobv.¹ Forms: 1800s knob, 1800s nob; Scottish pre-1700 nob. Origin: Partly of uncertain origin. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nob n.³ Etymology: In sense 2 < nob n.³ The origin of sense 1 is uncertain, as is the reading of quot. a1586 at sense 1, which may rather show a transmission error for now v.¹ Obsolete. 1. transitive. Scottish. Probably: to beat, strike. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] swingc725 slayc825 knockc1000 platOE swengea1225 swipa1225 kill?c1225 girdc1275 hitc1275 befta1300 anhitc1300 frapa1330 lushc1330 reddec1330 takec1330 popc1390 swapa1400 jod?14.. quella1425 suffetc1440 smith1451 nolpc1540 bedunch1567 percuss1575 noba1586 affrap1590 cuff?1611 doda1661 buffa1796 pug1802 nob1811 scud1814 bunt1825 belt1838 duntle1850 punt1886 plunk1888 potch1892 to stick one on1910 clunk1943 zonk1950 a1586 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 154 Thair durst na ten cum him to tak So nobbit [1568 Bannatyne nowit] he þair nowis. 2. Boxing slang. a. transitive. To strike (a person), esp. on the head. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] swingc725 slayc825 knockc1000 platOE swengea1225 swipa1225 kill?c1225 girdc1275 hitc1275 befta1300 anhitc1300 frapa1330 lushc1330 reddec1330 takec1330 popc1390 swapa1400 jod?14.. quella1425 suffetc1440 smith1451 nolpc1540 bedunch1567 percuss1575 noba1586 affrap1590 cuff?1611 doda1661 buffa1796 pug1802 nob1811 scud1814 bunt1825 belt1838 duntle1850 punt1886 plunk1888 potch1892 to stick one on1910 clunk1943 zonk1950 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > strike on specific part of body [verb (transitive)] > on the head mazer1596 mazard1616 nope1684 snabble1725 crown1746 jow1802 nob1811 bean1910 skull1945 1811 Sporting Mag. Oct. 18/2 After Crib had again nobbed him. 1818 Sporting Mag. Aug. 211/2 He knobbed his adversary well. 1823 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry ii. iv I've nobb'd him on the canister. 1842 Whip (N.Y.) 9 July 2 McCoy nobbed his opponent, and he went down bleeding. b. intransitive. To deliver a blow to the head. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > strike on specific part of the body [verb (intransitive)] > on the head nob1812 to scuttle (a person's) nob1834 1812 Sporting Mag. Jan. 153/2 Tom, who cou'd both fib and nob. 1813 Sporting Mag. Nov. 55/2 Alexander kept nobbing with his left hand at the other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). nobv.² Brit. /nɒb/, U.S. /nɑb/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Compare slightly earlier nobbins n.It has been suggested that this word is derived < nob n.³, with allusion to the collection of an amount of money per head, although connections with nab v.² and nobble v. are also possible. British slang. †1. intransitive. To seek contributions of money, esp. after a performance. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 135/2 We also ‘nob’, or gather the money. 2. transitive. To seek contributions of money from (persons); to seek contributions of (money), esp. after a performance. Now rare. ΚΠ 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 206/2 I saw some men coming out of a chemical works, and we went to ‘nob’ them (that's get some halfpence out of them). 1893 P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo vi I nobbed half a sovereign from a young visitor, besides a lot of small money. 1908 G. Sanger Seventy Years Showman xxxii. 96 Not a soul among the spectators..escaped being nobbed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1398n.²1676n.³1699n.⁴1825v.¹a1586v.²1861
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