nobby
Americanadjective
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fashionable or elegant; stylish; chic.
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excellent; first-rate.
Other Word Forms
- nobbily adverb
Etymology
Origin of nobby
Example Sentences
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On the return walk to Belvedere Castle, I followed a corkscrew route through the densely forested and nobby Ramble.
From Washington Post
Looking out of the car window, he watched the automobiles going by, gaunt roadsters with battered mudguards, smug sedans with shiny spokes, nobby runabouts, sumptuous limousines, frail flivvers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Further investigation showed that Samuel Insull had dyed his hair and mustache black, put on nobby Athenian clothes and walked out of his hotel unnoticed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Open golf championship was staged at nobby Newport in 1895; not until the 45th took place last week was America's No. 1 golfing event held south of the Mason-Dixon line.
From Time Magazine Archive
A forlorn, jailbird’s face with a nobby forehead running back into a bald scalp, a crooked nose and battered-looking cheekbones above which the eyes were fierce and watchful.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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