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(pronoun) - A term used when speaking of a third person who is not present . . . It would appear to be the equivalent of "my lord," or "his lordship," used sarcastically. The word is evidentally derived from the Scottish word knab or nab, which was used derisively for a little laird, or any person of dignity.
--Francis Taylor's Folk-Speech of South Lancashire, 1901
January 16, 2018