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As nouns the difference between nob and bo

is that nob is ioc while bo is old manservant.

nob

English

Etymology 1

* From "nobleman" or "member of the nobility" (Doubtful) * From "white-nob" (Eighteenth century) or "white-head", referring to the powdered wigs used by those affecting upper middle-class status.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang, chiefly, British) a wealthy or influential person; a toff
    • The masses have risen up and shot all their nobs.
  • :: Baldrick, Blackadder Goes Forth

    • Etymology 2

    (en)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The head.
    • Jack and Jill went up the hill / to fetch a pail of water; / Jack fell down and broke his crown / and Jill came tumbling after. / Up Jack got and home did trot, / as fast as he could caper, / to old Dame Dob / to mend his nob / with vinegar and brown paper.
  • (cribbage) a jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer.
    • One for his nob .
  • (slang) The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis.

    • Verb

  • To hit in the head

    • Anagrams

    *

    bo

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative.

    Alternative forms

    * boh * boo

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
  • * , II.37:

    • Etymology 2

    Probably a shortening of (m).

    Noun

  • (US, slang) Fellow, chap, boy.
  • * 1940 , (Raymond Chandler), Farewell, My Lovely , Penguin 2010, p. 255:

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A quarterstaff, especially in an oriental context.

    • Anagrams

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