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See also: Nobber
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɒbə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]nobber (plural nobbers)
- (slang) A blow on the head.
- 1840, Henry Downes Miles, Dick Turpin, T. White, page 119:
- She put her hand mechanically to the back of her head. "Ay, ay," said he, seeing the blood, “it was a nobber. I'll doctor it though: here; Sam, some water; let's see what harm's done." He was just going to wash the head of Madge , when his attention was called off by the exclamations of the ...
- 1880, Henry Downes Miles, Pugilistica: Being One Hundred and Forty-four Years of the History of British Boxing, Weldon & Company, page 8:
- Spring went in, and planted a nobber that sent Carter down like a log.
- 1967, A. Lawrance Holmes, More Than a Game, Macmillan, page 170:
- He had received what Egan would have called a "ribber" and a "nobber," and when he arose it was seen that the latter had raised a cut on his forehead.
- (British, slang, derogatory) A fool, idiot.
- 2010, Marc Wilder, Superyacht X-Rated, Kings Road Publishing, →ISBN:
- Jock, I hate to have to tell you this, mate, but you slaughtered a perfectly healthy hound. A whippet is like a miniature greyhound and they're used for dog racing on the track or chasing hares and rabbits in fields. They are meant to be lean, you nobber!
- 2014, Bryony Gordon, The Wrong Knickers - A Decade of Chaos, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
- Mum, if a bloke is intimidated by me because I happen to have the good fortune to have a job, then he is probably a complete nobber anyway.' 'Don't talk that way, Bryony, it's so coarse and unladylike!
- 2016, Anna Maxted, Getting Over It[2], Random House, →ISBN, page 266:
- Shut your mouth you nobber or I'll stick that table up your fucking pooh hole.
- 2018, Simon Farrant, Newdon Killers Box Set: Books 1 -3 plus bonus short story[3], Farrant Fiction, →ISBN:
- 'Eat your heart out, Jenson Button!' shouted Dean as he yanked the steering wheel of his blue fifteen-year-old Ford Mondeo to the left. 'SHIT!' shouted James as he flinched and curled into a ball. 'You are such a nobber,' Dean yelled as the Mondeo flew out of the bend, waving his hand with exuberance to push his point home.
- (British, slang) A security guard.
- 2017, Jenny T. Colgan, Spandex and the City, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 49:
- Was he a nobber?' 'He's not a nobber,' said DuTroy from the corner. 'He might be a nobber,' I said. 'I don't know him well enough.' 'What's he like with the mask off?' I paused. For a long time. Gertie was my best friend in the entire world.
- (slang) An act of fellatio.
- 2002, Craig Brass, How to Quit Golf: A 12-Step Program, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 129:
- Puttering. At some point you're going to end up on the green. Even if you have to yell, “Hey look, everybody, the pro's getting a nobber from the beverage babe over there in the woods,” and throw the ball on the green while everyone turns his or her head.
- An assistant in certain trades.
- 1894, California State Mining Bureau, Report of the State Mineralogist - Issue 12, State Office, page 47:
- As soon as he has sufficient coal picked loose to make it inconvenient he shovels it into the end of the chute; here it is taken charge of by a boy (called a nobber), who works it down the chute.
- 1980, California Division of Mines and Geology, California Geology, page 57:
- The work was commonly done by a mining team consisting of an experienced miner and an assistant, usually a young boy, known as a nobber.
- 2001, George Orwell, Orwell and the Dispossessed[4], Penguin UK, →ISBN:
- The trouble is, the beggars scatter as soon as you turn round with the hat. You really want a nobber [assistant] at this game. You keep at work and get a crowd watching you, and the nobber comes casual-like round the back of them. They don't know he's the nobber.