| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Hob Nob | Literature | 1: That set king, realm and laws at hab or nab 2: "He writes of the weather hab nab [at random], and as the toy [fancy] takes him, chequers the year with foul and fair." - Quack Astrologer (1673). 3: "Not of Jack Straw, with his rebellious crew, 4: "The citizens in their rage shot habbe or nabbe [hit or miss] at random." - Holinshed: History of Ireland. 5: [defiance]." Sir J. Harington: Epigram, iv. 6: A corruption of hab nab, meaning "have or not have," hence hit or miss, at random; and, secondarily, give or take, whence also an open defiance. A similar construction to willy nilly. (Anglo-Saxon, habban, to have; nabban, not to have.) 7: "He is a devil in private brawls... hob nob is his word, give 't or take 't." - Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, iii. 4. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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