
ETYMOLOGY
from nib (a person of superior social standing or wealth; a gentleman [slang]) + – some
EXAMPLE
“…I ne’er was a nose, for the reg’lars came
Whenever a pannie was done:—
Oh! who would chirp to dishonour his name,
And betrays his pals in a nibsome game
To the traps?—Not I for one!
Let nobs in the fur trade hold their jaw
And let the jug be free:—
Let Davy’s dust and a well-faked claw
For fancy coves be the only law,
And a double-tongued squib to keep in awe
The chaps that flout at me!…”
From: The House Breaker’s Song
By G. W. M. Reynolds in Pickwick Abroad, 1839