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–noun
1.Slang. the head.
2.Cribbage. Sometimes, his nobs. the jack of the same suit as the card turned up, counting one to the holder.
[Origin: 1690–1700; perh. var. of knob]
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–noun Chiefly British Slang.
a person of wealth or social importance.
[Origin: 1745–55; earlier knabb (Scots), nab; of uncert. orig.]
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n.  
  1. Slang The human head.
  2. The jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer in cribbage, scoring one point for the holder.


[Perhaps variant of knob.]

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n.   Chiefly British Slang
A person of wealth or social standing: "The nobs were forever snubbing the snobs" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).


[Possibly from nob1 or knob.]

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nob 
"head," c.1700, variant of knob (q.v.).

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noun
informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person [syn: toff] 

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Knob\, n. [A modification of knop. Cf. Nob.]

1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer. --Chaucer.

3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.] --Bartlett.

4. (Arch.) See Knop.

Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key.
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Nob\, n. [Cf. Knob.] The head. [Low]
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NOB
notes over bonds

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