nubbin
Americannoun
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a small lump or stunted piece; stub.
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a small or imperfect ear of corn.
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an undeveloped fruit.
noun
Etymology
Origin of nubbin
Example Sentences
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The charity said Knobble's nickname was due to a "knobbly nubbin" on top of his dorsal fin.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2023
Then continue, as “impossibly, without anyone moving him, he bent forward and climbed unsteadily onto his little nubbin legs. The empty sleeve of his puppet hole hung behind him like a tail.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2023
When it healed, I could feel a small nubbin of metal.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 16, 2015
Yet nothing emerges, not a drop of surrealism, a modicum of mystery or even a nubbin of New Age nuttiness.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2014
Some fur and a nubbin of something pink and pulpy still adhered to the bottom of his water bottle, I noticed when he raised it to his lips.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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