= caught, arrested.
Originally thieves’ cant. Cf. the Swed. nappa: to grasp.
nob
»The nobs should be made to acknowledge it»! (P. Kelver II. 259 7.)
A businessman, former Whitechapel butcher.
Nob, abbreviation of nobility, as mob of mobility, stands on the same level as toff, both of them meaning person of distinction.
office
»I give her the office the next time I see her.» (T. T. T. 144. 3.)
A waiter.
= the hint, the signal.