SO jQuery Fiddle
Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions jQuery 1.4.3, UI 1.8.5
by Nick Craver
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.5/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css">
<nobr>209/00254/01</nobr>
<nobr>209/00254/01</nobr>
<nobr>209/00254/01</nobr>
<nobr>209/00254/01</nobr>
<nobr>209/00254/01</nobr>
JavaScript
$("nobr").replaceWith(function() { return $(this).contents() });
alert($("body").html());