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nob⋅ble

[nob-uhl]
–verb (used with object), -bled, -bling. British Slang.
1. to drug or disable (a race horse) to prevent its winning a race.
2. to convince (a person) by fraudulent methods; misrepresent or lie to.
3. to swindle; defraud.
4. to seize (a person); hold for arrest.

Origin:
1840–50; back formation from nobbler, var. of hobbler (dial. phrase an 'obbler being taken as a nobbler)


nobbler, noun
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nob·ble   (nŏb'əl)   
tr.v.   nob·bled, nob·bling, nob·bles Chiefly British
  1. To disable (a racehorse), especially by drugging.

  2. To win (a person) over.

  3. To outdo or get the better of by devious means.

  4. To filch or steal.

  5. To kidnap.


[Origin unknown.]
nob'bler n.
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