nubbin

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noun seed, essence

noun. seed, essence

noun. core, gist

"stunted ear of corn," 1690s, American English diminutive of nub. General sense of "small piece" is from 1857.

He warmed the remaining half-can of salmon and whittled at his nubbin of bread.

Throwing a nubbin to the calf to catch the cow, as you say in Virginia, eh?

Not a stream, not a butte, not even a nubbin of rock varied the view.

One must rescue Richard's head; it was not that nubbin of a head which goes with the Farnese one.

The Condor stretched his broad wings and settled himself comfortably on a nubbin of sandstone.

Presently she walked into the little room, lit a nubbin of candle, and changed into her best clothes.

Chung wasn't built for times as hectic as the last few hours, and was worn to a nubbin.

Lincoln quietly said to Seward: "This is the largest shucking for so small a nubbin that I ever saw."

The low altitude of Nubbin Ridge made me sallow; there was no blood in my cheeks.

Living in quaint old "Nubbin Ridge," could not, to say the most, be called illustrious.