nubbin

Example Sentences

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The charity said Knobble's nickname was due to a "knobbly nubbin" on top of his dorsal fin.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2023

Then continue, as “impossibly, without anyone moving him, he bent forward and climbed unsteadily onto his little nubbin legs. The empty sleeve of his puppet hole hung behind him like a tail.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2023

This month, 192 giant lasers blasted a small cylinder about the size of a pencil eraser that contained a frozen nubbin of hydrogen encased in diamond.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2022

When it healed, I could feel a small nubbin of metal.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 16, 2015

Some fur and a nubbin of something pink and pulpy still adhered to the bottom of his water bottle, I noticed when he raised it to his lips.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson