knobby

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Knobby tread is made for the dirt, not the street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Knobby tread is made for the dirt, not the street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Knobby, branching stems that grow 10 to 12 inches tall are topped with three to five buds.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2022

Knobby stainless-steel sculptures by Tony Smith and angular geometric metal forms by Robert Morris contrast with the jumbled city beyond.

From Economist • Apr. 23, 2015

I am the Poker the straight and the strong, Prone in the fire grate, Black at the nether end, Knobby and nebulous.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 18, 1892 by Various