nubble
Americannoun
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a small lump or piece.
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a small knob or protuberance.
noun
Other Word Forms
- nubbly adjective
Etymology
Origin of nubble
Example Sentences
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From interesting Santa Fe, N. Mex.,* scampered Charles Augustus Lindbergh last week,� with a new nubble in the crown of his fame.
From Time Magazine Archive
A round nubble about 14 mile in diameter, of sharp, rocky bottom having about 40 fathoms over it.
From Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine by Rich, Walter H.
Delicate smells were drifting by, The sharp nose flaired them heedfully: Partridges in the clover stubble, Crouched in a ring for the stoat to nubble.
From Reynard the Fox by Masefield, John
And noo I am thinking ye'll een let the puir mon in the dock just gae free; and pit my laird, his greece, the nubble duk', intil the prisoner's place.
From The Lost Lady of Lone by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
That little nubble almost west, sticking up so black against the sunset's Seal Island.
From Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good by Tolman, Albert Walter
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