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Meaning of Snob Hill | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

derogatory, slang

Examples

“[…]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.””

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

snob value Snobbery Snobbier Snobbiest snobbiness Snobbish