Lexicographical Neighbors of Mobby
Literary usage of Mobby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Third of a Century with the High Peak Harriers: Compiled from Mr. Nesfield (1892)
"... a kill, but very dodgy and mobby. So ended the very worst season I ever
remember, out only twenty-six times; killed only twenty-six hares. Dreadful! ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"To constitute a complete still it takes what we call the 'pot,' or body part of
the still (that is the part they put the 'mobby' in), the boiler and a cap ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"(NED) 1705 mobby Punch, made either of Rum from the Caribbee root into fayre water,
... mobby, and either drink it as Cyder or distil it off for Brandy. ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Their strong drink Is Madeira wine, cider, mobby punch, made either of rum ...
[Cf. mobby.'] A fermented liquor made by the negroes of the West Indies from ..."
5. Works of the Camden Society by Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), Camden Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"mobby, what it is. Pine apples. ... and mobby to drink with them ; and this as
we call mobby is only potatoes ..."
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