Hobnobbery
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The activity of hobnobbing. uncountable
"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;"
Example
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;"
Etymology
From hobnob + -ery.
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