Nobbler
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nobbler is a noun meaning A person who interferes with a racehorse or greyhound in order to prevent it from winning a race.
Meaning
A person who interferes with a racehorse or greyhound in order to prevent it from winning a race.
More Meanings
- (Australia, obsolete) A serving of beer or spirits.
- (UK, obsolete) A thimbleman's or cardsharp's accomplice or shill, who poses as a player of the game to suggest that it is easy to win.
Example Sentences
This done, he waves his hat and declares his nag can lick anything on the ground—for nobblers round.
1895, Guy Boothby, A Bid for Fortune, ReadHowYouWant, 2008 EasyRead Comfort Edition, page 266, ‘A nobbler o′ rum,’ says I. Then he orders a nobbler of rum for me and a nobbler of whisky for ′imself.
‘Fer goodness′ sake, Doreen! Give the gent a nobbler of brandy and stop making trouble.’ It′s the little weasel bloke what speaks. ‘Much obliged,’ I says to him. ‘Nobbler, is it?’ Doreen turns on her heel and she′s about to vanish into the main bar when I shouts after her, ‘Nobbler of Cape, miss!’
Word Forms
- nobblers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include knocknobbler, spoilsport, also-ran, backmarker, knocker, snubber.
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