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08 Jan 03 - 07:32 AM (#861483) Subject: What measure is a 'Nobbler' From: GUEST Copied from the help forum: Subject: Nobbler From: bcunning@iprimus.com.au Date: 08-Jan-03 - 06:42 AM Hello. I have been puzzled for years. just what measure of spirits was a "Nobbler"? I have looked everywhere in vain. Hope you can tell me. Cheers, Bob in Melbourne. |
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08 Jan 03 - 11:24 AM (#861564) Subject: RE: What measure is a 'Nobbler' From: MMario I found one web page that equated a nobbler with a skelp - a skelp was (roughly) a pint of whisky. other sources indicate that a nobbler is a double-shot. |
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08 Jan 03 - 11:49 AM (#861590) Subject: RE: What measure is a 'Nobbler' From: GUEST "Skelp" is a Scottish term meaning to slap or hit: as in; "ah'll gie ye a skelpit heid if ye dinnae pass us the ginger". (ginger is pronounced junjurrr) Translated- "If the soft drink you are coveting is not made available to me this instant, i will be obliged to apply kinetic energy via my fist to your head". |
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08 Jan 03 - 11:51 AM (#861596) Subject: RE: What measure is a 'Nobbler' From: MMario AND it was approximately a pint of whisky. words frequently have more then one meaning. a "pony" is an equine, but also happens to be (in the US at least) a two ounce measure of liquour. it's also a verb. |
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08 Jan 03 - 11:59 AM (#861606) Subject: RE: What measure is a 'Nobbler' From: GUEST AND "a pony" is English slang for 50 pounds. |
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08 Jan 03 - 12:30 PM (#861643) Subject: RE: What measure is a 'Nobbler' From: Uncle_DaveO Fifty pounds weight or fifty pounds money? Dave Oesterreich |
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08 Jan 03 - 12:34 PM (#861645) Subject: RE: What measure is a 'Nobbler' From: IanC money |
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08 Jan 03 - 01:24 PM (#861699) Subject: RE: What measure is a 'Nobbler' From: GUEST,Q The OED defines a nobbler as a small glass or container for liquor (no amount specified). In print, this usage has been found back to 1852. Also defined as a groom, or nobbler of horses, usage found back to 1854. Also a stick used to knock someone in the head (1880s). Also a stick used to kill fish- originally nobby. To steal (used by Thackeray)- back to the 1850s. To obtain by dishonest means- 1850s. To swindle, to bribe to get hold of, to seize---and on and on. In the 18th century (or before), a nob was slang for the head. A nob thatcher was a wig maker, also called a nobbler (In various dictionaries of cant and slang, but not in the OED). In other words, take your pick of meanings or invent your own. |
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08 Jan 03 - 01:39 PM (#861720) Subject: RE: What measure is a 'Nobbler' From: Mrs.Duck Well in our house the nobbler was always the crusty end of a loaf! |
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08 Jan 03 - 02:28 PM (#861790) Subject: RE: What measure is a 'Nobbler' From: breezy 'ave you been nobbled then? |
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08 Jan 03 - 02:57 PM (#861826) Subject: RE: What measure is a 'Nobbler' From: John MacKenzie Not recently, but I live in hope!! Giok |
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08 Jan 03 - 02:59 PM (#861827) Subject: RE: What measure is a 'Nobbler' From: Cluin I thought it was a contracted form of knob-gobbler. One of Tolkien's monsters that the characters strangely didn't mind running into in the dark places. (Tolkien left those parts out of his books). |