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nobby | lobby |

As a proper noun nobby

is .

As a noun lobby is

lobby (class or group of people who try to lobby or influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists).

nobby

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (UK) Wealthy or of high social position; of or pertaining to a nob (person of great wealth or social standing).
  • * , 1876, Levi C. Goodale, Charlie Lulledge (editors), Works of Charles Dickens: Bleak House , page 106,
    • I'll come back in the course of the evening, if agreeable to you, and endeavor to meet your wishes respecting this unfortunate family matter, and the nobbiest way of keeping it quiet.
  • * 1873 , , page 291,
    • "What makes it worse,” she continued, in the extremity of confidence, “I heard those two cricketing men say just now, 'She's the nobbiest girl on the boat.' But I don't mind it, you know, Harry."
  • (US) Fashionable or chic.
  • * 1883 , , 2007, page 152,
    • Undertaking?—why it's the dead-surest business in Christendom, and the nobbiest .
  • * 1925 April 11, Busybody, "Jottings About Town", in , page 25,
    • Quite nobby are the suitings appearing on some of our better Fifth Avenue young men.
  • * 1933 , , page 37,
    • Alcibiades, was the nobbiest boy in Greece.

    Synonyms

    * (fashionable or chic) classy

    Derived terms

    * nobbily

    lobby

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) *(term), from , from (etyl) or (etyl).

    Noun

    (lobbies)
  • An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
    • I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.
  • That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
  • A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
    • The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.
  • (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
  • (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
  • A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
    • Derived terms
    * gun lobby

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.
    • For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion.
  • * 2002 , (Jim Hightower), in
    • The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter
    • , title= Cronies and capitols , passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.}}
    Related terms
    * lobbying * lobbyist

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) scouse (from lobscouse)
  • * My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.

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