Nobble vs Nobbler - What's the difference?
nobble | nobbler |
(British, Australia, slang) To injure or obstruct intentionally; batter.
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* 2012 , Gavin Clarke, "
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*:His main fear is that the fledgling technology could have its wings clipped by traditional manufacturers, who will doubtless view it as a threat to their livelihoods, and do all in their powers to nobble it.
(British, slang) To gain influence by corrupt means or intimidation.
*2000 , Italo Pardo, Morals of Legitimacy: Between Agency and System , page 122
*2002 , Kevin Jefferys, Labour Forces: From Ernie Bevin to Gordon Brown , page 107
*:For example jury trials were reformed to allow majority verdicts, so that criminals could less easily nobble them.
*2012 , Mark Hagger, William: King and Conqueror , page 75
*:Here, though, Picot's overbearing power, and the fact that the bishop was an absentee, meant that the sheriff could use threats to "nobble" the judges.
(British, slang) To steal.
(Australia, obsolete) A serving of beer or spirits.
* 1855 , , The Eureka Stockade ,
* 1895 , , A Bid for Fortune , ReadHowYouWant, 2008 EasyRead Comfort Edition,
* 1998 , , Tommo and Hawk , 2006,
* 2010 , Gerard Benjamin, Gloria Grant (editors), Tom Hurstbourne or A Squatter?s Life ,
As a verb nobble
is (british|australia|slang) to injure or obstruct intentionally; batter.As a noun nobbler is
(australia|obsolete) a serving of beer or spirits.nobble
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Verb
(nobbl)Affordable-housing lobby out to nobble investments", The Australian , 22 October 2011:
- Their core belief, unsupported by evidence or logic, is that homes are unaffordable because investors drive up prices.
- Australians for Affordable Housing appears to think that nobbling investors will strike a telling blow for first-time buyers: remove negative gearing and increase capital gains tax, and homes will be affordable.
Google attacks Twitter's search bias claim", The Register , 11 January 2012:
- Google has come out fighting after Twitter claimed that changes to its search engine nobble results to favour Google+, damaging the internet.
3D printing: Difference Engine: The PC all over again?", The Economist , 9 September 2012:
- The jury was nobbled to delay unanimous verdict.
- Unlike "noble" vigilantes, the police and court facilities which exist are said to be inefficient and corrupt, and juries are said to be easily "nobbled " or intimidated.
Usage notes
The first meaning is employed mainly in sporting contexts, especially in horse racing. The second is used in judicial contexts, applied often to courts, juries and other judicial bodies.nobbler
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Noun
(en noun)Gutenberg eBook #3546,
- Carl Wiesenhavern, a man of noble character, and, therefore a man who hates knavery, and has no fear of a knave, answered with his peculiar German coolness, "Here I am, what do you want?"
- "Nobblers round," was the eager reply.
- "If that's what you want," replied Wiesenhavern, "you shall have it with pleasure."
- "We got no money."
- "I did not ask for any: understand me well, though;" pointing at each of them with the forefinger of his clenched right hand, "you will have a nobbler a-piece, and no more: afterwards you will go your way. Are you satisfied with my conditions?"
page 266,
- ‘A nobbler' o? rum,’ says I. Then he orders a '''nobbler''' of rum for me and a ' nobbler of whisky for ?imself.
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- ‘Fer goodness? sake, Doreen! Give the gent a nobbler of brandy and stop making trouble.’ It?s the little weasel bloke what speaks.
- ‘Much obliged,’ I says to him. ‘Nobbler', is it?’ Doreen turns on her heel and she?s about to vanish into the main bar when I shouts after her, ‘'''Nobbler of ''Cape , miss!’
page 81,
- This done, he waves his hat and declares his nag can lick anything on the ground—for nobblers round.