his nob

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. a jack; a knave
    — Cribbage is a most virtuous and respectable game, and yet scarcely, one would think, possessing in itself sufficient attractions to keep a young gentleman in his twentieth year tied to the board, and going through the quaint calculation night after night of "fifteen two, fifteen four, two for his nob, and one for his heels."

词形变化

his knob alternative his nobs alternative His Nobs alternative his nibs alternative His Nibs alternative

词源

From nob, mimicking a form of address like Your Highness.
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