hobnobbery

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English

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Etymology

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From hobnob +‎ -ery.

Noun

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hobnobbery (uncountable)

  1. The activity of hobnobbing.
    • 1915, Katrina Trask, The Mighty and the Lowly, page 8:
      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;
    • 2012, Daniel Levin Becker, Many Subtle Channels: In Praise of Potential Literature, page 236:
      Everyone 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.
    • 2021, Rosemary Myatt, Genuine Fakes, page 147:
      Why all this social climbing hobnobbery?