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   hobnob

   /ˈhɒbnɒb/

   verb

   • 1. mix socially, especially with those of perceived higher social status: informal "he was hobnobbing with the great and good"

   Word Origin early 19th century (in the sense ‘drink together’): from archaic hob or nob, hob and nob, probably meaning ‘give and take’, used by two people drinking to each other's health, from dialect hab nab ‘have or not have’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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     4

   • O

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   • B

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   • N

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