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Definition of Nabobs
1. nabob [n] - See also: nabob
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nabobs
Literary usage of Nabobs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"T1 HERE were nabobs in those days—in the "flush times," AI mean. ... One of the
earliest nabobs that Nevada was delivered of wore $6000 worth of diamonds in ..."
2. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"CHAPTER V THERE were nabobs in those days—in the " flush times," I mean. Every rich
strike in the mines ... One of the earliest nabobs that Nevada was ..."
3. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the by American Bible Society (1870)
"Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name : 6 And thus
shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to nabobs ..."
4. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"Emperor's eldest Son, and nabobs of Oude and Allahabad, invade Bengal.—Clive
resigns the (government, and is succeeded by Mr. Vansittart. ..."
5. A Voyage to the East Indies: Containing Authentic Accounts of the Mogul by John Henry Grose (1772)
"... accompanied by the French troops, commanded by M. BUSSY, in 1751 : but is
attacked by the rehel nabobs; ... The nabobs of ..."
6. The Writings of Mark Twain by Mark Twain (1906)
"CHAPTER V THERE were nabobs in those days —in the "flush times," I mean. ...
One of the earliest nabobs that Nevada was delivered of wore $6000 worth of ..."
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