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nob

1  [nob]
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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

nob

2  [nob]
–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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nob 1   (nŏb)   
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.]
nob 2   (nŏb)   
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

Nob\, n. [Cf. Knob.] The head. [Low]

Nob

Nob\, n. [Abbrev. fr. noble.] A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman. [Slang]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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nob 
"head," c.1700, variant of knob (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Nob

high place, a city of the priests, first mentioned in the history of David's wanderings (1 Sam. 21:1). Here the tabernacle was then standing, and here Ahimelech the priest resided. (See AHIMELECH.) From Isa. 10:28-32 it seems to have been near Jerusalem. It has been identified by some with el-Isawiyeh, one mile and a half to the north-east of Jerusalem. But according to Isa. 10:28-32 it was on the south of Geba, on the road to Jerusalem, and within sight of the city. This identification does not meet these conditions, and hence others (as Dean Stanley) think that it was the northern summit of Mount Olivet, the place where David "worshipped God" when fleeing from Absalom (2 Sam. 15:32), or more probably (Conder) that it was the same as Mizpeh (q.v.), Judg. 20:1; Josh. 18:26; 1 Sam. 7:16, at Nebi Samwil, about 5 miles north-west of Jerusalem. After being supplied with the sacred loaves of showbread, and girding on the sword of Goliath, which was brought forth from behind the ephod, David fled from Nob and sought refuge at the court of Achish, the king of Gath, where he was cast into prison. (Comp. titles of Ps. 34 and 56.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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NOB
notes over bonds
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