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▪ I. nobble, v. slang. (ˈnɒb(ə)l) [Of obscure origin.] 1. a. trans. To tamper with (a horse), as by drugging or laming it, in order to prevent it from winning a race.1847 [see nobbling vbl. n.]. 1859 Lever D. Dunn iv, A shadowy vision of creditors ‘done’, horses ‘nobbled’. 1868 Pall Mall G. 4 May (F...
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nobble
nobble/ˈnɔbl; `nɑbl/ v(Brit sl 俚) [Tn]1 tamper with (a racehorse) so that it is less likely to win a race 对(参赛的马)做手脚(使之不易获胜).2 influence or get the favour of (sb), esp by unfair or illegal means 影响(某人), 受到(某人)的偏袒(尤指用不公平的或非法的手段) nobble (eg bribe) the judge before a trial 在审判前贿赂法官.3 get (sth) dishones...
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Mohanlal as Sidharthan
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Ramya Krishna as Mariyana Varghese
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Andrew Montford
Montford wrote in Times Higher Education that the email conversations at the heart of Climategate "suggest a campaign to nobble journals, marginalise climate-change
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nobbling
▪ I. nobbling, vbl. n. (ˈnɒblɪŋ) [f. nobble v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb, in various senses.1847 Illustr. Lond. News 6 Nov. 302/1 What is the play at a German watering-place compared with the..‘nobbling’ and ‘hocussing’ of a race course. 1865 Pall Mall G. 21 Aug. 11/2 Brickwood was umpire, in...
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Juan Wijngaard
Life: An Exploded Diagram (Walker, 2011) (pbk)
The Murdstone Trilogy: an adult "nobble" (David Fickling Books, 2014 (hbk)
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knobble
▪ I. knobble, n. (ˈnɒb(ə)l) [dim. of knob n. = Du. and LG. knobbel knob, knot: cf. G. knobel (knöbel, knübel) knuckle, knot.] A small knob.a 1485 [see knob n. 1 b quot. 1490]. 1577 Lanc. Wills (1857) II. 92 One standeinge cup..w{supt}{suph}..roses upon the knobble off the cover. 1849 Alb. Smith Pott...
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Cotherstone (horse)
large bets on the colt and arranged for strict security measures at the Malton stables to protect him from any attempts by unscrupulous bookmakers to "nobble
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nobbler
▪ I. nobbler1 (ˈnɒblə(r)) [f. nobble v. + -er1.] 1. One who nobbles horses.1854 G. J. Whyte-Melville General Bounce vii, Nobblers and noblemen—grooms and gentlemen—..apparently all layers and no takers. 1865 Daily Tel. 18 Apr. 3 It is to be hoped that the son of Orlando will speedily have the pen pu...
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Thormanby (horse)
Dawson did, in fact, fear that attempts would be made to deliberately injure or "nobble" Thormanby and took steps to protect him, including switching his
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scrumpy
scrumpy dial. or colloq. (ˈskrʌmpɪ) [f. scrump n. + -y6.] Rough cider, made from small or unselected apples. Also attrib. in scrumpy cider.1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v., These apples are of no good but to make scrumpy of. 1932 [see nobble v. 3]. 1962 G. Compton Too Many Murderers xii. 87 Scrumpy was...
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Stephen Gammell
Almost Ate the School (by Judy Sierra)
2008 My Friend, the Starfinder (by George Ella Lyon)
2008 I Know an Old Teacher (by Anne Bowen)
2009 How the Nobble
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joy-ride
joy-ride, n. colloq. (orig. U.S.). (ˈdʒɔɪraɪd) [f. joy n. + ride n.1] A pleasure trip in a motor car, aeroplane, etc., often without the permission of the owner of the vehicle. Also transf. and fig. Hence ˈjoy-ride v. intr., to go for a joy-ride; trans., to convey (as) on a joy-ride; ˈjoy-rider, one...
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Won on the Post
He falls in with some gamblers and to pay them back arranges to nobble his father's race horse.
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