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hobnob
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[ˈhɒbnɒb], (Verb)
Definitions:
- mix socially, especially with those of perceived higher social status
(e.g: he was hobnobbing with the great and good)
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Origin
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early 19th century (in the sense ‘drink together’): from archaic hob or nob, hob and nob, probably meaning ‘give and take’, used by two people drinking to each other's health, from dialect hab nab ‘have or not have’
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