Crossword clues for oban
oban
- West Scottish port
- Scottish town beginning to organise prohibition
- Find whisky here round bar
- Whisky available here? Over bar
- Port and holiday centre on the west coast of Scotland
- Japanese coin
- Seaport in Scotland
- Single malt scotch brand
- Scottish town
- Scottish town on the Firth of Lorn
- Scottish spa
- Highland scotch brand
- Firth of Lorn resort
- Firth of Lorn port
- Argyll resort
- Port in Scott's "Lord of the Isles"
- Scottish seaport known for its single-malt Scotch
- Scottish seaside resort
- Scottish port
- Scottish resort town known for its whisky
- Japanese gold coin of yore
- Port on the Firth of Lorne
- Character in "The Iceman Cometh"
- Role in "The Iceman Cometh"
- City in Scotland
- Port of Scotland
- Old Japanese coin
- Old boy and knight drinking a port
- Whisky certainly available here over bar
Wikipedia
Oban is a town in Argyll, Scotland.
Oban may also refer to:
- Oban and District, a Scottish bus-company, now part of West Coast Motors
- Oban Distillery, which produces Oban Scotch whisky
- Oban, New Zealand (also known as 'Halfmoon bay'), a settlement on Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand
- Oban Camanachd, a shinty team from Oban
- Oban Celtic, another shinty team from Oban
- Oban River, part of the Clarence River catchment in northern New South Wales, Australia
- Erin Oban, American politician
The , usually translated as "Great Watch," was a contingent of troops dedicated to protecting the Home Provinces (畿内, kinai) and safeguarding the Throne. The Watch existed in one form or another across Japanese feudal history, serving under the Ashikaga shogunate as well as the Tokugawa.
An Ōban was a monetary ovoid gold plate, and the largest denomination of Tokugawa coinage. Tokugawa coinage worked according to a triple monetary standard, using gold, silver and bronze coins, each with their own denominations. The first Oban – Tenshō Ōban – were minted by the Gotō family under the orders of Hideyoshi in 1588.
The Tenshō Ōban was equivalent to ten Ryōs, or ten Koban plates, with a weight of 165 g.
Usage examples of "oban".
I glanced across at Oban and was disconcerted to find his pale, unblinking eyes on me.
I turned to DCI Oban, who was sitting apart, with a blank expression on his large, soft, slightly florid face.
We all sat, slightly awkwardly, with Rosa and me side by side on the sofa, while Oban pulled over the chair so that he faced me.
The next day, when I went into Stretton Green for a meeting, Oban gave me a hug, which made me feel more like a favorite niece than a professional consultant.
I broke off because Oban was now leading me through the open-plan office, which looked a bit as if a burglar had got in recently--filing cabinets with all their drawers open, files lying scattered on a table, cardboard boxes half filled with stained mugs.
There was a slight buzz and Oban, big ham that he was, paused, visibly savoring the moment.
So what did I expect of Oban and Furth and the rest of the men, and a very few women, in suits?
But the following day Oban told me, rather casually, I thought, that Doll was in hospital.
I thought it was a particularly fruitful idea but because Oban pressed me into x.
At that moment, the door swung open and Oban pushed his head into the room.
I said, moving toward the door where Oban was waiting, his great weary brow puckered with anxiety.
It would have been nicer outside, even on this gray day, but Oban was obviously more comfortable in the car.
I sat in the car next to Oban, while he swore and sweated and told me for the hundredth time that it made no fucking sense.
I glanced briefly at Oban to see if he wanted to add anything to my bald statement, but he was sitting perfectly still, staring down at his hands, which were resting on the kitchen table, as if he was trying to remember a fragment of a dream.
We pulled in at the police station and Oban leaped out and set off at speed so that I had to run to keep up with him.