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HOBBS

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Overview

HOBBS (noun)
  The noun HOBBS has 1 sense:

1. notable English cricketer (1882-1963)play

  Familiarity information: HOBBS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


HOBBS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Notable English cricketer (1882-1963)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hobbs; John Berry Hobbs; Sir Jack Hobbs

Instance hypernyms:

cricketer (an athlete who plays cricket)


 Context examples 


“You arranged an affair for a lodger of mine last year,” she said—“Mr. Fairdale Hobbs.”

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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