Thesaurus / nubbin
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synonyms for nubbin
- crux
- upshot
- basic
- essence
- heart
- kernel
- meat
- nitty-gritty
- nucleus
- pith
- point
- short
- substance
- bottom line
- meat and potatoes
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How to use nubbin in a sentence
Linn’s sly sense of humor resurfaces in the terrific “Porky Marge,” a margherita pizza punctuated with crisp nubbins of bacon and showered with Romano cheese.
2021 FALL DINING GUIDETOM SIETSEMAOCTOBER 6, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWe know how unlikely it is that Cassie, who has been depicted as a worn-down nubbin of PTSD through most of the film, would be able to get her revenge from beyond the grave.
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN’S EXPLOSIVE ENDING AND BEST PICTURE CHANCES, EXPLAINEDEMILY VANDERWERFFAPRIL 16, 2021VOXHe took it to bed with him in the loft and read till his 'nubbin' of candle burned out.
THE EVERY-DAY LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNFRANCIS FISHER BROWNESmall nubbin' for all the world, but it stole the hot an' the smell o' the meat.'
CONTINENTAL MONTHLY , VOL. 6, NO. 1, JULY, 1864VARIOUSMother Howard hesitated at the brink of the very nubbin of it all, to Robert Fairchild.
THE CROSS-CUTCOURTNEY RYLEY COOPERBimeby they wa'n't no stick left—only a nubbin, about four inches long, an' it was Rocky's turn.
THE TURTLES OF TASMANJACK LONDONLincoln whispered to his friend, "Did you ever see so small a nubbin that had so much husk on it?"
THE BATTLE OF PRINCIPLESNEWELL DWIGHT HILLISIt goes through all the forms of vegetation, and yields at last a single nubbin for the pig.
FARM DRAINAGEHENRY FLAGG FRENCHThat pig was too sick to eat or even sniff a nubbin of corn for two whole days, just laid and groaned.
BLUE RIDGE COUNTRYJEAN THOMASIn fact, if you translate the phrase literally enough, it holds the very nubbin of their whole belief.
THE BRENTONSANNA CHAPIN RAYWORDS RELATED TO NUBBIN
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