Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small stunted ear of corn.
- noun A small stunted or projecting part.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small or imperfect ear of maize.
- noun A small lump of gold which has once been melted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Colloq. U. S. A small or imperfect ear of maize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stub , especially a stub of undevelopedcorn orfruit ornipple . - noun informal A small
protuberance ,bud ,bump ,knob , or the like.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I mean, i've had better nubbins but still, the nubbin is the most coveted part.
I ate this cookie.. Michele 2006
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I took a poll on my website, and now think this nubbin is ….
You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » 2005 » September 2005
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I took a poll on my website, and now think this nubbin is ….
You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » What eez it man? 2005
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Anyway, a 10-point buck, an 8-point buck, and a nubbin were all hanging out on a field-edge one fall evening, nibbling grass and plucking acorns off a tree.
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- Added a nubbin to the transfer tray (a nubbin is the little thing you select to drag) - Check downloads to see whether it is dangerous before previewing
Betanews 2009
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He took it to bed with him in the loft and read till his 'nubbin' of candle burned out.
The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln Browne, Francis F 1913
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He took it to bed with him in the loft and read till his 'nubbin' of candle burned out.
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I was pleased to see that the thumb safety was styled after the GI "nubbin" safety, and the lanyard looped mainspring housing was steel.
Xavier Thoughts 2009
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- she's missing her delete button (I just have a rubber 'nubbin' where the button once was) - the metallic finish to the right of the track-pad has been worn through to black speckles
Weddingbee 2009
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Sun, 11th Oct 2009 11: 06 am if your laptop has what I call a "nubbin" (the mouse dot thingy in the keyboard) odds are it is old and wont play much (not even the Halo beta) … go for Red alert 2 and the original Sims and other things around that era cos it wont be capable of much else and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a
bilby commented on the word nubbin
"Nam Doc Mai is a strong regular flowering tree in most Australian growing regions. However, in some years, fruit set is a problem and nubbins (fruit without seed) may be produced. Nubbins are either shed during late fruit development or if held full term, will only develop, 1/2 to 3/4 the size of seeded fruit."
- Ian Bally, Mango variety: Nam Doc Mai, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries Queensland, 4 Feb 2004.
October 4, 2009