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Sconner Nobbs
Sconner Nobbs, as drawn by Matt Smith
Name	Sconner Nobbs
Age	middle-aged
Race	Human
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Residence	Ankh-Morpork
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Relatives	Alleged grandson of Edward St John de Nobbes, Earl of Ankh. Son of Slope Nobbs, married Maisie Nobbs, fathered Cecil Wormsborough St John ('Nobby') Nobbs and Errol Nobbs
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Books	mentioned occasionally
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Sconner Nobbs was the father of Nobby Nobbs and was generally in the Tanty - the City Watch jail. A petty thief and looter, he was also a vicious drunkard who used to beat Nobby violently - he used to break his arms. Nobby's elbow still twinges on cold days - a permanent reminder of his father. Once, when he was sober for two whole days, he made Nobby a set of wooden soldiers, whose boots came off and whose teeth could be pulled out: essential education for the young Nobbs, of whom it has been said that the last thing many a wounded soldier on a battlefield ever saw was Nobby coming towards them with a knife and a calculating look.

Wore a gold ring with the coat of arms of Ankh around his neck, which was appropriated by Nobby as Sconner lay dying.

He was known to those closest to him as Number One Suspect.

[edit] Annotation

The word "sconner" and its variants are not complimentary in Roundworld Scottish slang - indeed, the Nac Mac Feegle are on record as having employed this useful vocabulary item (albeit as "scunner"), to denote a rogue, a bully, a reprobate and a generally untrustworthy person.