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Definition of Nobodies
1. nobody [n] - See also: nobody
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nobodies
Literary usage of Nobodies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Neutrality: The Crucifixion of Public Opinion, from the American Point of View by S. Ivor Stephen (1916)
"His cabinet is a cabinet of nobodies. As a gathering of political curiosities it
might be notable. As a council of national direction it is contemptible. ..."
2. British Artists from Hogarth to Turner: A Series of Biographical Sketches by Walter Thornbury (1861)
"CHAPTER I. A SHIP FULL OF nobodies. A SHIP full of nobodies is what I can just
make out with a very fine glass. It is bearing straight down on me, ..."
3. Financial Advertising: For Commercial and Savings Banks, Trust, Title by Elias St. Elmo Lewis (1908)
"... THE "PUBLICITY PROMOTOR " AND THE PUBLICITY BUREAU THE "FREE" READING NOTICE—THE
EMINENT nobodies IT HAS FED UPON—THE AUTHORIZED INTERVIEW—ITS SUCCESS ..."