nabob's

All those lies, her false name, her occupation, the story of the nabob's widow, must all be telling against her now.

The Last Gamble Nichols, Mary 1996

Why had she been so foolish as to tell that Banbury tale of the nabob's widow?

The Last Gamble Nichols, Mary 1996

He was a nabob's grandson, you see, old Jack Flashman having made a fortune in America out of slaves and rum, and piracy, too, I shouldn't wonder, and buying the place in Leicestershire where we have lived ever since.

Flashman Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1969

He was a nabob's grandson, you see, old Jack Flashman having made a fortune in America out of slaves and rum, and piracy, too, I shouldn't wonder, and buying the place in Leicestershire where we have lived ever since.

Flashman Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1969

That Hastings did not concur in the nabob's cruelties is clear from the directions which he wrote to Colonel Champion with reference to the captive family of Hafez Ramet, one of the Rohilla chiefs.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

On discovering the nabob's reluctance, he wrote to him and to Middleton, the British agent at that place, urging him to fulfil his agreement, and ordering

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

The 'jade' referred to was the nabob's only daughter and heiress, who was, as all the town knew, to make a great match.

The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough

There can be no doubt that Colonel Champion complied with these directions, for during the war a strife was kindled between him and the nabob, partly on account of the nabob's non-assistance in the battle at Babul Nulla, and partly because he resolutely kept all the plunder to himself.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

The nabob's will had not soothed their tempers; and I was honoured with their most smiling animosity.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 348, December 27, 1828 Various

All this time I had never interrupted my labours; for you need not suppose that my nabob's fortune could make me forgetful of my inclinations towards science.

French and Oriental Love in a Harem Mario Uchard