He pictured himself eventually as the trusted friend and adviser of both families, and in one daring flight of fancy saw himself hobnobbing with the two captains over pipes and whisky.
"At Sunwich Port, Complete"
W.W. Jacobs
He had an unpleasant feeling that his late captain on the Tanganyika would have stared if he had seen his chief officer hobnobbing with a money-changer and a Jewish youth of almost inconceivable honesty and destitution.
"Command"
William McFee
"Oh, just hobnobbing," said Tessa.
"The Lamp in the Desert"
Ethel M. Dell