nubbled

At least we can be thankful that most of the goons shave their heads to let us know how little is inside those nubbled noggins.

Portland's finest (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Consciousness fragmented into a number of small separate sensations: the roughness of the linen pillow, nubbled with embroidered flowers; the oily reek of the lamp, mingled with the fainter scent of roast beef and ale and the still fainter wisps of freshness from the wilting flowers in the glass; the cool timber of the wall against my left foot, the firm hands on my hips.

Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

In the late works it became hard to tell whether the magnificent brushmarks - increasingly gritty, nubbled and thick - were describing the sitter so much as Freud's ever-changing vision of what could be done with pigment.

The Guardian World News Laura Cumming 2011

In the late works it became hard to tell whether the magnificent brushmarks - increasingly gritty, nubbled and thick - were describing the sitter so much as Freud's ever-changing vision of what could be done with pigment.

The Guardian World News Laura Cumming 2011

Such is the fate of commercial buildings constructed through the 70s and 80s, and now being nubbled down to steel and rubble.

British Blogs Raedwald 2010

Such is the fate of commercial buildings constructed through the 70s and 80s, and now being nubbled down to steel and rubble.

British Blogs Raedwald 2010

Ever-present on the Irish table, hearty, satisfying soda bread made its way to our plates, with its unassuming stature and nubbled crumb.

seven spoons 2009