Definition of "nobby" in English

adjective

1. (UK, informal) Wealthy or of high social position; of or pertaining to a nob (person of great wealth or social standing).

2. (US, informal) Fashionable or chic.

   • 1925 April 11, Busybody, "Jottings About Town", in The New Yorker, page 25, Quite nobby are the suitings appearing on some of our better Fifth Avenue young men.