"hobnobbery" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1915, Katrina Trask, The Mighty and the Lowly, page 8",
          "text": "The protesting sects have pulled Him out of the shrine, smashing it in violent bitterness of hatred: they have overflushed Him with lusty blood, made Him hail-fellow walking amongst men, and they have brought Him into intimate hobnobbery with the multitude;",
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          "ref": "2012, Daniel Levin Becker, Many Subtle Channels: In Praise of Potential Literature, page 236",
          "text": "Everyone besides the two dedicated champagne-pourers in the corner is swirling around in varying states of hobnobbery: library undersecretaries, branch curators, and nearly all the living members of the Oulipo, about half of whom I am meeting for the first time.",
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          "text": "Why all this social climbing hobnobbery?",
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        "The activity of hobnobbing."
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