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nibs noun ▶ his nibs; her nibs himself; herself; a self-important person UK, 1821 Usually styled as a mock-title.- Look out. There’s his nibs. Back to the galley, slaves. — Derek Bickerton, Payroll, p. 21, 1959
- His Nibs asked me a stack of intelligent and searching questions which probably speak for a lot of commoners too. — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 30, 1985
- White with two for his nibs. — Shane Maloney, Nice Try, p. 36, 1998
- Tell his nibs he can come through now[.] — Ben Elton, High Society, p. 310, 2002
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