Word of the Day: NIBSOME

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

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