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Definition of Hobnobbing
1. hobnob [v] - See also: hobnob
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hobnobbing
Literary usage of Hobnobbing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"... Big Eland Herd—A Prize Buffalo—hobnobbing with Tipsy Mata- beles—Remains of
an Ancient Fort on the ..."
2. Warpath and Bivouac: Or the Conquest of the Sioux by John F. Finerty (2000)
"hobnobbing WITH THE HOSTILES. I amused myself on July 31st by accompanying Major
Walsh to a bluff immediately overlooking the Sioux camp, and from which a ..."
3. Fifty Years on the Rail by John J. Thomas (1912)
"CHAPTER XII THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY, hobnobbing WITH" ROYALTY AT this convention,
the insurance business was carried through nine days, the longest time on ..."
4. My Adventures by Archibald Montgomery Maxwell (1845)
"... of the world—How to play your cards—A novel hero—A cure for headache—Lord
Duncan— A grand dinner—A petit souper—hobnobbing in Italy. Genoa, December. ..."
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