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nob end

nob end is the alternative form of knob-end.

Meaning of knob-end

Noun

knob-end (plural knob-ends)

  1. (Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar) The glans penis
    • He appreciated a man giving head as much as anyone, and he was sure as hell gonna enjoy the feel of his knob-end slipping between Casey's hungry lips.2006, Marc Holland, Mark Stone: Secret Agent, page 30
  2. (Ireland, UK, offensive, slang, vulgar) A stupid or contemptible person
    • Why did these knob-ends so much want us to fail?2001, Hamish MacDonald, The Gravy Star, page 51
  3. (informal) The heel of a loaf of bread.
    • […] the knob end of a moldy loaf of bread. He was halfway through chewing it when he was aware of the corpse of a fox lying at the end of the alley.1990, Garry Kilworth, The Foxes of First Dark, page 90
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knob, end. The end of something that is shaped into a knob.
    • The Tithing - man -— with his long stick, with a knob on one end, and a squirrel's tail on the other — was swift in dealing out punishments, and the sharp raps from the knob-end quickly brought about proper behavior .1928, Imogen Clark, Old Days and Old Ways, page 30

Forms of nob end

pluralnob ends

Questions about nob end

What is nob end the alternative form of?
Nob end is the alternative form of knob-end.

Words near nob end in the dictionary

  1. Noardeast-Fryslân
  2. Noas
  3. noasaurid
  4. noasaurids
  5. nob
  6. nob end
  7. nob ends
  8. nob head
  9. nob heads
  10. Nob Hill
  11. nob jockey

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