nubby
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of nubby
Example Sentences
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It brings vegetal sweetness, salt, smoke and nubby creaminess without requiring anyone to roast and peel peppers before packing the cooler.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
“It was a big opportunity to come to America because Korea is very small,” Han says in Korean while continuing to draft with his nubby yellow #2 pencil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025
Do you adore nubby, gently spiced oatmeal cookies but feel meh about raisins?
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
You want the fastest, easiest way to get that pile of evanescently sweet, nubby cobs on the table, ready for butter-slathering and gleeful chomping.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
The day Gram gave me the claddagh I was sitting on her bed, tracing the nubby white bedspread like Braille under my fingers, watching her get ready for church.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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