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nobby¹

adjective nobbier · nobbiest

  1. UK, informal Wealthy or of high social position; of or pertaining to a nob (person of great wealth or social standing). I'll come back in the course of the evening, if agreeable to you, and endeavor to meet your wishes respecting this unfortunate family matter, and the nobbiest way of keeping it quiet.
  2. US, informal Fashionable or chic. Undertaking?—why it's the dead-surest business in Christendom, and the nobbiest.

    Similar: classy

Nobby²

Rhymes with -ɒbi

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Norbert. Nobby Stiles Norbert is a moniker one normally doesn't associate with one of the game's most intimidating midfielders, but "Nobby" provided the steel for the England side that prevailed in the 1966 World Cup, and his gap-toothed visage would have earned him a guest spot in the movie Halloween.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Zenobia. There's Nobby, now―here he indicates Zenobia with his pipe―"as has 'ad a whole cartload o' troubles, besides me a riding on the shafts, an' that's bad enough, an't it, Nobby?"

Nobby³

Rhymes with -ɒbi

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Various theories; see Wikipedia article.

proper noun

  1. Nickname for a person with the surname Clark or Clarke.

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@misc{nobby_2026,
  title = {nobby},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nobby},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}