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Nabby may refer to:
- Evgeni Nabokov, aka Nabby, a professional ice hockey player
- Abigail Adams Smith, aka Nabby Adams, the daughter of Abigail and John Adams
- Nabby Island, an uninhabited island located within 300 feet of Three Mile Island (Lake Winnipesaukee)
Usage examples of "nabby".
Nabby, appraising the politicians she encountered in New York, including Governor George Clinton, surmised there were few for whom personal aggrandizement was not the guiding motivation.
Nabby into her somewhat irregular household, and the young Pippin had promptly enlisted the newcomer as her personal maid.
Nabby was mistaken: Pippin indeed possessed a heart, for all she kept it securely locked away.
Unnoticed, for Nabby was comporting herself with all the conscious arrogance of one who served a gentlewoman of great rank, Pippin observed them.
Viscount, Pippin herself could not say, but she had allowed Nabby to take unusual trouble over her appearance.
While Adams conferred with Jefferson and Franklin, Abigail and Nabby toured the city, John Quincy serving as their guide and interpreter.
On June 12, Adams having returned, Nabby and Colonel William Smith were married in the house on Grosvenor Square, in a small ceremony with only a few friends present--the Copleys, among others.
Abigail left for New York to be with Nabby for the arrival of another baby, a second son, John Adams Smith, leaving Adams alone with his ruminations.
Sally, who with her two small daughters was staying with Nabby, Adams learned for the first time that Charles, who had disappeared, was bankrupt, faithless, and an alcoholic.
His accommodations with John Jay were the finest possible, and occasional Sundays with Nabby and her family helped greatly.