# nobbies

idiom · Vulgar

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/nobbies
Updated: 2026-06-07

## Meaning

piles

## Examples

- He has nobbies of old books in his room.
- The office floor was covered in nobbies of paperwork that the manager needed to organize.
- She navigated the narrow hallway, carefully stepping over the nobbies of discarded clothing and dusty boxes that had accumulated over the years.

## Origin

via Nobby Stiles

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