nobbers

Noun

nobber (plural nobbers)

1. (slang) A blow on the head.
   • She put her hand mechanically to the back of her head. "Ay, ay," said he, seeing the blood, “it was a nobber. I'll doctor it though: here; Sam, some water; let's see what harm's done." He was just going to wash the head of Madge , when his attention was called off by the exclamations of the ...1840, Henry Downes Miles, Dick Turpin, T. White, page 119
2. (UK, derogatory, slang) A fool, idiot.
   • Jock, I hate to have to tell you this, mate, but you slaughtered a perfectly healthy hound. A whippet is like a miniature greyhound and they're used for dog racing on the track or chasing hares and rabbits in fields. They are meant to be lean, you nobber!2010, Marc Wilder, Superyacht X-Rated, Kings Road Publishing, →ISBN
3. (UK, slang) A security guard.
   • “I'm sure they'd pass her a note from you, as long as it's got a Yard seal and has been sprayed for nits. Not like you're a nobber, right?” Doyle shook his head.2014, Lynn Viehl, Disenchanted & Co., Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 61
4. (slang) An act of fellatio.
   • Puttering. At some point you're going to end up on the green. Even if you have to yell, “Hey look, everybody, the pro's getting a nobber from the beverage babe over there in the woods,” and throw the ball on the green while everyone turns his or her head.2002, Craig Brass, How to Quit Golf: A 12-Step Program, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 129
5. An assistant in certain trades.
   • As soon as he has sufficient coal picked loose to make it inconvenient he shovels it into the end of the chute; here it is taken charge of by a boy (called a nobber), who works it down the chute.1894, California State Mining Bureau, Report of the State Mineralogist - Issue 12, State Office, page 47

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