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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nob1

▶noun Brit. informal a person of wealth or high social position.

– derivatives
nobby adjective.

– origin C17 (orig. Scots as knab): of unknown origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nob2

▶noun informal a person's head.

– origin C17: appar. a var. of knob.

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