Definitions
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- proper noun A
diminutive of the malegiven name Norbert . - proper noun A
diminutive of the femalegiven name Zenobia .
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Examples
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According to possibly untrue legend, the name of Nobby the circus boy (in Five Go Off in a Caravan) was changed, yet Dick or Fanny remained (as it were) untouched.
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Don't lose yourself down there! 'called Nobby, anxiously.
Five Go Off In A Caravan Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1951
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Nobby, that is a great photograph of the Trocadero; you hit the jackpot with this one.
London SE1 community website tone 2010
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Nobby, that is a great photograph of the Trocadero; you hit the jackpot with this one.
London SE1 community website tone 2010
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Nobby, that is a great photograph of the Trocadero; you hit the jackpot with this one.
London SE1 community website tone 2010
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Nobby, that is a great photograph of the Trocadero; you hit the jackpot with this one.
London SE1 community website tone 2010
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Dorian (aka Nobby) had been reluctant to go to the Palace and further voiced his misgivings on our arrival and at the formal briefing.
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"Nobby" Clark, a scion of the Labour Battalion, was another visitor who called one afternoon, and I got permission for him to come up.
Fanny Goes to War Pat Beauchamp Washington
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One of these bold Border men, known to us as "Nobby," is awfully disgusted at my bad habit of letter writing.
A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition P. T. Ross
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Late in the day, "Nobby," sallow, and with a week's beard on him, paid us a visit.
A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition P. T. Ross
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