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Webster 1913 Edition
Hobnob
Hob′nobˊ
,adv.
1.
Have or have not; – a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.
Shak.
2.
At random; hit or miss. (Obs.)
Holinshed.
Hob′nobˊ
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hornobbed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hornobbing
.] 1.
To drink familiarly (with another).
[ Written also
hob-a-nob
.] 2.
To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms;
as, to
. hobnob
with the political eliteHob′nobˊ
,Noun.
Familiar, social intercourse.
W. Black.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hobnob
HOB'NOB
,adv.
Hobson's choice, a vulgar proverbial expression, denoting without an alternative. It is said to have had its origin in the name of a person who let horses and coaches, and obliged every customer to take in his turn that horse which stood next the stable door.