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Lobb is a surname of English origin. People with this surname include:
- Arthur Lobb (1871–1928), a politician in Manitoba, Canada
- Ben Lobb (born 1976), Canadian politician from Huron—Bruce
- Bryan Lobb (1931–2000), British cricketter
- Dan Lobb (born 1974), British television sports presenter
- John Lobb (c.1866), founder of the company John Lobb Bootmaker
- Ken Lobb (born 1960), U.S. video game designer
- Stephen Lobb (c.1647–1699), English nonconformist minister and controversialist
- Thomas Lobb (1817–1894), a British botanist (brother of William Lobb)
- William Lobb (1809–1864), a British botanist (brother of Thomas Lobb)
Usage examples of "lobb".
Ned, watching with the glass, saw that there were two officers in it, and Lobb confirmed that from his dress one of them seemed to be the captain of the frigate.
After that it became something of a competition between Lobb, Ned and Aurelia to identify objects marked on the chart.
Gesturing to Lobb and several seamen to follow, and waving to Thomas, who was just about to jump down from his beached boat, Ned walked across the dusty track to the nearest house, which was built of wood on stone foundations.
After passing the word to Lobb, he walked with Thomas along the track beside the channel between the two islands, away from the town.
Ned had just finished greeting them when Lobb reported that the two Highlanders were returning in a canoe.
Ned looked round and saw Lobb standing beside the entryport holding a boarding pike.
After gesturing to Secco and Lobb to take the two Spaniards down to the cabin, Ned took the women by the arm and moved aft.
Ned led the way down to the cabin, where Lobb and Secco were lighting lanterns and the two Spaniards were trying to look at ease.
Ned walked over to Lobb, who was standing on the foredeck, satisfied that the anchor was holding.
Only two foreign ships have been in so far and had to pay it, and Lobb says the powder was afterwards taken on shore and then, at night, tipped into the sea.
Ned and Saxby stood with Lobb watching men with tongs heating up a mast band in a rudimentary furnace before slipping it into place over the completed new mast, and while carpenters nearby shaped up the new yard, an excited seaman ran up from the jetty.
Saxby, Lobb and Fernando appeared out of the now frightened crowd, and while Ned lifted up an almost helpless Diana and carried her in his arms into the anonymity of the crowd, the other men helped Thomas and Mitchell to stand.
Just as his feet hit the deck, Lobb called and pointed towards the western headland forming the bay.
And then Lobb, he thought supposing his slowmatch goes out and he spends twenty minutes with flint and steel trying to light more tinder.
If the horsemen and Lobb were the most important part of the plan, then Saxby and his men came next.