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hobnob

hob·nob [ hób nòb ] (past and past participle hob·nobbed, present participle hob·nob·bing, 3rd person present singular hob·nobs)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
get together with somebody informally: to socialize in a familiar manner with somebody, especially somebody considered to be of a higher social class ( disapproving )

[Mid-18th century. Probably < obsolete hob or nob "have or not have"]
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