a. [f. SNOB sb.1 3.] Snobbish.
1846. Mrs. Gore, Eng. Char. (1852), 128. Thither comes the snobby gig, conveying red-faced individuals.
1858. Ramsay, Remin. Sc. Life & Char., 60. If we can’t get in with the nobs,… we will never take up with any society that is decidedly snobby.
1888. Temple Bar, Aug., 539. Perhaps he was snobby enough to object to my earning money.
