HOB-NOBBLE VERB to talk intimately and confidentially together; to hob-nob ...Bk1898 Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY from hob-nob (vb. to hold familiar intercourse) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1898 - HOB-NOBBLE, v. to hob-nob; to talk intimately and confidentially together From: The English Dialect Dictionary - Edited by Joseph Wright EXAMPLE "...They're hob-nobbling ower summat. A seed ' em both i ' th ” road hob-nobbling together..." From: The English Dialect Dictionary - Edited by Joseph Wright
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