1880. Fison and Howitt, `Kamilaroi and Kurnai,' p. 249:
"When cruising about . . . with a crew of Kurnai . . . I heard two of my men discussing where we could camp, and one, on mentioning a place, said, speaking his own language, that there was `le-en (good) nobler.' I said, `there is no nobler there.' He then said in English, `Oh! I meant water.' On inquiry I learned that a man named Yan (water) had died shortly, before, and that not liking to use that word, they had to invent a new one."
1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 36:
"Only to pull up again at the nearest public-house, to the veranda of which his horse's bridle was hung until he had imbibed a nobbler or two."
<hw>Nobblerise</hw>, v. to drink frequent <i>nobblers</i> (q.v.).
1864. J. Rogers, `The New Rush,' p. 51:
"And oft a duffer-dealing digger there
Will nobblerize in jerks of small despair . ."
1882. A. J. Boyd, `Old Colonials,' p. 268:
"The institution of `nobblerising' is carried out in far different places."
<hw>Noddy</hw>, <i>n</i>. common English name for the sea-bird. The species observed in Australia are—