The hob is just a far too tempting place to put the iron whilst it cools. From Wordnik.com. [French masterclass] Reference
It also hardens the liver and produces a disease known as hob-nailed, or gin, liver. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference
CALLER: Well, I think that Mr. Cheney is kind of hob-nobbing with the Saudis. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2006] Reference
"hob" to infuse, and to settle for from three to five minutes. From Wordnik.com. [All About Coffee] Reference
While they hob-nobb'd and toasted in Burgundy wash. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841] Reference
These boots had a horseshoe of hob-nails on each heel. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers] Reference
They broke out of their cages and they're raising hob!. From Wordnik.com. [Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island] Reference
"Does it make death any easier to hob-nob with it?" he asked. From Wordnik.com. [In Her Own Right] Reference
Judging by his clothes and hob-nailed shoes he was a prospector. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico] Reference
Benedict knew by the hob-nailed shoes it was Basil the blacksmith. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
For rough climbing our shoes should be provided with iron hob nails. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference
Arter wha's come and gone, we t'ree can't hob an 'nob, as ye may say, together. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
The hob and nobbing of the glasses gave out an incessant tinkling and clattering. From Wordnik.com. [The Man-Wolf and Other Tales] Reference
The old gentleman jumped off the hob, as if it had suddenly become inconveniently warm. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
The person who is supposed to have my welfare at heart is hob-nobbing with my traducers. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
His tea was ready for him on the hob, and they all tried who should help him to it most. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
The distance kept out the sprinters -- it also, now and again, played hob with racing idols. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
She dragged it from the hob into the sink, where it sizzled as if spitting out a nasty taste. From Wordnik.com. [Watershed] Reference
He made many a soldier sweat in the attempt to drag along the hob-nailed field shoes on a run. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
When he hob-nobs with ministers -- capital sport -- All our losses at Sea he condoneth in Port. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 17, July 23, 1870] Reference
Susan Atwell left a group of girls with which she had been hob-nobbing and hurried down the aisle. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference
Dancing steadily through a temperature of 98 in the shade plays hob with some sorts of prettiness. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
The kettle had been boiling on the hob, so he brought it in now hissing, with brandy to make a drink. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
The buzzing voices, the scraping hob nails take you back to the Democratic convention of Pottewantamis. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919] Reference
A pair of hob-nailed bluchers and a battered straw hat gave a somewhat feeble finish to these magnificences. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Rachel] Reference
Implements of cookery were scattered negligently about the floor, and on a huge hob bubbled a huge saucepan. From Wordnik.com. [A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition] Reference
To begin with, it seems he has no money, is of no family, and aristocratic Tetuan refuses to "hob-nob" with him. From Wordnik.com. [In the Tail of the Peacock] Reference
Among the princes who hob-nobbed with their master at Damascus were the cowardly Ahaz and the traitorous Hoshea. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)] Reference
He controlled himself, however, and reached out a hand to the hob for the clay he had relinquished a minute or two before. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
So have I seen politicians, mortal enemies in the House, hob-nobbing together at the dinner-table of some hospitable Impartial. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893] Reference
Projecting iron points at the front end gather the grain, and vibrating knives, powered from the hob of the wheel, cut the grain. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
Paul's hob-nailed boots went lingeringly up the uncarpeted stairs to the attic room, and there he spent the long, long afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
"Lunch was on the hob," for several hours, to be partaken of when it suited the convenience of the various members of the family. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Old Man] Reference
A bright fire was in the grate, the kettle singing on the hob, as over their first cup of tea they rejoiced that love had conquered. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"] Reference
Out in the moonlit street, the china dog kept as much as possible in the shadow of the houses; 'Zekiel following, his hob-nailed boots. From Wordnik.com. [Soap-Bubble Stories For Children] Reference
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