Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snob hill

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: snob hill
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Derogatory name for Nob Hill: a neighborhood of San Francisco, California.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"[…]and the hill itself was called Snob Hill, a term that survives to this day. By 1882 so many estates had sprung up on Nob Hill that Robert Louis Stevenson called it “the hill of palaces.”"

Etymology

Blend of snob + Nob Hill.

Usage

Questions

What does snob hill mean?: Derogatory name for Nob Hill: a neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
Where does snob hill come from?: Blend of snob + Nob Hill.

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