Meanings
- uncountableThe activity of hobnobbing.
Why all this social climbing hobnobbery?
2021, Rosemary Myatt, Genuine Fakes, page 1472 more examples
The protesting sects have pulled Him out of the shrine, smashing it in violent bitterness of hatred: they have overflushed Him with lusty blood, made Him hail-fellow walking amongst men, and they have brought Him into intimate hobnobbery with the multitude;
1915, Katrina Trask, The Mighty and the Lowly, page 8Everyone besides the two dedicated champagne-pourers in the corner is swirling around in varying states of hobnobbery: library undersecretaries, branch curators, and nearly all the living members of the Oulipo, about half of whom I am meeting for the first time.
2012, Daniel Levin Becker, Many Subtle Channels: In Praise of Potential Literature, page 236
Origin
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hobnobbery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hobnobbery
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