nobbling
Example Sentences
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Is this the version of the Tom Hanks movie where Captain Sully Sullenberger spends the first act nobbling the engines?
From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2019
I seem to remember Iceland winning after nobbling Zaire's Pelé-like talisman, who played in bare feet.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2013
I seem to remember Iceland winning after nobbling Zaire's Pele-like talisman, who played in bare feet.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2010
The track's under a glass shield to stop you nobbling the horses.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
If they think they’re coming nobbling us about with their war-clubs and getting nothing back, they’re precious well mistaken, so scuffle up all you can, and— Oh!
From Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy by William Heysham Overend
