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Hobnobs was "one nibble and you're nobbled", and was removed. It has since been brought back, but slightly changed by adding "hob" to the beginning of the last word.
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The name Hobnob comes from the verb 'to hobnob', which means to spend time being friendly with someone who is important or famous.
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into tea, with its chocolate variant sixth. In 2014 a UK survey declared the
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they are now marketed as a variety of digestive biscuits, having previously been known as
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The commercial recipe for Hobnob biscuits was introduced by
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This article is about the biscuit. For other uses, see
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