nob3 (nob)

[Said to be an abbr. of noble lord or nobleman.] A member of the aristocracy; a swell. [Slang.] "There's not any public dog-fights," I was told, and "very seldom any in a pit at a public-house; but there's a good deal of it, I know, at the private houses of the nobs," a common designation for the rich among these sporting people. Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, II. 64. nob. An abbreviation of nob is . nobbily (nob'i-li), adv. In a nobby manner; showily; smartly. [Slang.] nobble (nob'l), v. t.; pret. and pp. nobbled, ppr. nobbling. [Freq. of nob2. In sense 2 perhaps for * nabble, freq. of nab1.] 1. To strike; nob. [Prov. Eng.] -2. To get hold of dishonestly; nab; filch. [Slang.] The old chap has nobbled the young fellow's money, almost every shilling of it, I hear. Thackeray , Philip, xvi. 3. To frustrate; circumvent; get the better of; outdo. [Slang.] It was never quite certain whether he [Palmers ton] was going to nobble the Tories or "square" the Radicals. Fortnightly Rev. , N. S., XXXIX. 136. 4. To injure; destroy the chances of winning, as by maiming or poisoning: said of a horse. [Racing slang.]-5. To shingle. See shingle and puddle.