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Hobnob [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Take, or not take; a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.

2. Hobson's choice, a vulgar proverbial expression, denoting without an alternative. It is said to have had its origin in the name of a person who let horses and coaches, and obliged every customer to take in his turn that horse which stood next the stable door.

Hobnob [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.

2. At random; hit or miss. (Obs.)

Hobnob [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Familiar, social intercourse.

Hobnob [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To drink familiarly (with another).

2. To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms.