Why Is a Hobnob Called a Hobnob?

Hobnobs contains approx 0.16 g of sodium per biscuit. The name hob-nob comes from the verb to hobnob, meaning to mix socially, generally with people of a higher class. Therefore, people "hobnob" over tea or a biscuit.

What is the origin of the term hobnob?

hobnob (v.)

1763, "to drink to each other," from hob and nob (1756) "to toast each other by turns, to buy alternate rounds of drinks," alteration of hab nab "to have or have not, hit or miss" (c.

Who made the word hobnob?

Oliver Goldsmith used the expression this way in his novel The Citizen of the World (1762): “Hob nob, Doctor, which do you chuse, white or red?”