 In winter time the beer was placed on the hob to warm: and the cold beer was set on a small table, said to have been called the nob ; so that the question, Will yon have hob or nob? seems only to have meant, Will you have warm or cold beer? ie beer from...  Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongueper Francis Grose - 1823 - 245 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | James Caulfield - 1793 - 312 pàgines
...corner of the hearth, or grate, a fmall elevated projection, called the hob, and behind it a feat. In winter time the beer was placed on the hob to warm, and the cold beer was fet on a fmall table, faid to have been called the nob, fo that the queftion, will you have hob, or... | |
 | 1829 - 476 pàgines
...in fashion, there was at each corner of the hearth or grate a small elevated projection called the hob, and behind it a seat. In winter time the beer...been called the nob, so that the question, ' Will you hob or nob ?' seems only to have meant, * will you have warm or cold beer ?' ie beer from the hob,... | |
 | Robert Stuart - 1845 - 286 pàgines
...there was at each corner of the hearth or grate a small elevated projection, called the hob (reredos ?) and behind it a seat. In winter time the beer was...small table, said to have been called the nob : so the question ' will you have hob or nob,' seems only to have meant * will you have warm or cold beer,'... | |
 | Robert Stuart - 1845 - 284 pàgines
...there was at each corner of the hearth or grate a small elevated projection, called the hob (reredos - and behind it a seat. In winter time the beer was...small table, said to have been called the nob : so the question ' will you have hob or nob,' seems only to have meant ' will you have warm or cold beer,'... | |
 | 1853 - 748 pàgines
...the hearth, or grate, a small elevated projection, called hob, and behind it a seat. In winter-time the beer was placed on the hob to warm ; and the cold...only to have meant, Will you have warm or cold beer 1 ie beer from the hob, or beer from the nob." But Nares, in his Glossary, sv Hablie or Nabbe, with... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1853 - 474 pàgines
...the hearth or grate, a small elevated projection, called hob, and behind it a seat. In winter-time the beer was placed on the hob to warm, and the cold...nob? seems only to have meant, Will you have warm or colil beer? ie, beer from the hob, or beer from the nob." But Nares in his Glossary, sv liable or Nabbe,... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 478 pàgines
...the hearth or grate, a small elevated projection, called hob, and behind it a seat. In winter-time the beer was placed on the hob to warm, and the cold...to have been called the nob: so that the question, AVill you have hob or nob? seems only to have meant, Will you have warm or cold beer? ie, beer from... | |
 | 1869 - 746 pàgines
...hearth, or grate, a small elevated projection, called the hob, and behind it a seat In winter-time the beer was placed on the hob to warm, and the cold...only to have meant, Will you have warm, or cold beer — /'. e., beer from the hob, or beer from the nob ?" The state of society during the last century... | |
 | A. Hoppe - 1871 - 500 pàgines
...grate, a small elevated projection, called the hob, and behind it a seat. In winter time the beer м-as placed on the hob to warm, and the cold beer was set...only to have meant, will you have warm, or cold beer. te beer from the hob, or beer from the nob. Hobbadehoy, s. Th. VF II, p. 133, neben ben fünf bei L.... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 pàgines
...were in fashion, there was at each corner of the hearth a small elevated projection, called the hob. In winter time the beer was placed on the hob to warm, and the cold beer was set on a small table called the nob; so the question " Will you hob or nob?" meant, " Will you have warm or cold beer ?"... | |
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