Definition of "nobble" []

• Chiefly British To disable (a racehorse), especially by drugging. (verb-transitive)
• Chiefly British To win (a person) over. (verb-transitive)
• Chiefly British To outdo or get the better of by devious means. (verb-transitive)
• Chiefly British To filch or steal. (verb-transitive)
• Chiefly British To kidnap. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "One of my main correspondents in the nobble is a boy of 11 at the beginning of the book -- by the end he has turned 14."
• "I have 24 days, starting today, and 25 new letters to write (da nobble is epistolary, dig?)"
• "A pretty feeble ruse, perhaps, but it works. which might work except the nobble is pretty damned big ... that's the problems; and then there's writing as avoidance of writing (kinda like this post!):"