knobby
Origin of knobby
1Other words from knobby
- knob·bi·ness, noun
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How to use knobby in a sentence
He saw a nose and a little, knobby chin and a bit of pinkish forehead with the pale yellow of hair above.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerThe knobs on the trunk of a young pine reminded Franz strongly of knobby-kneed young Hertha Bittner.
Rescue Dog of the High Pass | James Arthur KjelgaardThe rest of his ruddy, knobby countenance, his erratic hair and his general hairy leanness had not even—to my perceptions grown.
Tono Bungay | H. G. WellsMr. Caslon leaped nimbly to one side and whacked the goat savagely across the back with his knobby stick.
Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm | Alice B. EmersonA beggar's sack hangs down over his ragged clothing, his hand holds a knobby stick.
'Midst the Wild Carpathians | Mr Jkai
British Dictionary definitions for knobby
/ (ˈnɒbɪ) /
having or covered with small knobs; knobbly
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