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Definition of Nobblers
1. nobbler [n] - See also: nobbler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nobblers
Literary usage of Nobblers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman Emigrant: His Daily Life, Sports, and Pastimes in Canada by William Stamer (1874)
"... of whisky and nobblers of brandy, for Australian bullock-drivers and stockmen
hold milder liquor in contempt. Alcohol is what they affect, ..."
2. The Gentleman Emigrant: His Daily Life, Sports, and Pastimes in Canada by William Stamer (1874)
"... of whisky and nobblers of brandy, for Australian bullock-drivers and stockmen
hold milder liquor in contempt. Alcohol is what they affect, ..."
3. Life in Victoria: Or, Victoria in 1853, and Victoria in 1858, Showing the by William Kelly (1859)
""nobblers," "Toms," "Ales," with only an ever-varying transposition in precedency,
continued without ceasing, at the uniform rate of one shilling, ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1881)
"... when the driver replied, “ Oh, sir, all the atone - nobblers are coming here
next week.” Perhaps the man had seen geologists at work with their hammers. ..."
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