Here, amicably seated round the fire, a speculative tailor would hob and nob with some medical student deep in anatomy; a second-hand bookseller having devoured the literature on his shelves, ventilated their contents for the general benefit; and a discursive American mystic was listened to in turn with a Jewish journeyman watchmaker deeply imbued with Spinozism.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
David commanded Abiathar the priest, who had fled to him from nob with the image of Jehovah, to bring the image, and David inquired of the image: Will the men of Kegilah deliver me and my followers into the hand of Saul?
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
We called her Copper nob, because she had such lovely red hair.
"My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915"
Monica M. Stanley