"his nob" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From nob, mimicking a form of address like Your Highness. Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} his nob
  1. (card games, chiefly cribbage) a jack; a knave Categories (topical): Card games, Cribbage Synonyms: his knob, his nobs, His Nobs, his nibs, His Nibs
    Sense id: en-his_nob-en-noun-J5r6czCI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: card-games, games

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          "text": "Cribbage is a most virtuous and respectable game, and yet scarcely, one would think, possessing in itself sufficient attractions to keep a young gentleman in his twentieth year tied to the board, and going through the quaint calculation night after night of \"fifteen two, fifteen four, two for his nob, and one for his heels.\"",
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