Example sentences for: nobs

How can you use “nobs” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Thus Abigail to Nab, Ambrose to Nam, Anne to Nan or Nancy, Edward to Ned, Eleanor or Helen to Nell, Humphrey to Nump , Isaac to Nykin, Isabel to Nib, Obadiah to Nobs , and Oliver to Noll .

  • In the nicknames Babs and Nobs, the suffix -s is an old diminutive suffix like - y; in fact, a few nicknames apparently combine the two: Betsy, Patsy, and Nancy.

  • The monumental Victorian houses of Nob Hill — home of the “nobs,” possibly a derivation of “nabobs” — burned down in the 1906 earthquake, and only the imposing brownstone house of James Flood, now the very exclusive Pacific Union Club, survived.


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