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nabob

[ney-bob] / ˈneɪ bɒb /


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It was enough to prompt New York Times columnist Tom Wicker to give Kennedy the "Safire Prize for Nattering Nabob of the Year."

From Fox News • Mar. 9, 2021

It was enough to prompt New York Times columnist Tom Wicker to give Kennedy the “Safire Prize for Nattering Nabob of the Year.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 9, 2021

His brief experience as a legislator stood him in good stead when he came to write his second novel, American Nabob.

From Time Magazine Archive

American Nabob reads like a political biography full of interesting scandal.

From Time Magazine Archive

This man possessed the western, as the company under the name of the Nabob of Arcot does the eastern, division of the Carnatic.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley




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