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ADJECTIVE
  1. of textiles; having a rough surface
    a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns

How To Use nubby In A Sentence

  • With the range of firearms commonly used, from long-barreled .22 rimfire to snubby .44 magnum a friend calls his the "flare gun", you get quite a range of outcomes in terms of unburned powder distribution. Making Light: Beating airport chemical detection systems
  • Her people have beady round eyes and nubby, square teeth, and tend to look startled, with O-shaped mouths gaping wide.
  • She'll give us her most glumpish look, " said Snubby. The Rubadub Mystery
  • Cut fresh, nonflowering soft stem tips just below a leaf node (the nubby joint where the leaves attach to the stem) anytime during summer; about four inches is good.
  • It is like a nubby silk shantung, this culture thing.
  • The aspiring journalists and politicos go in for the Men's Wearhouse look: The shiny wool-blend kind worn with a nubby polyester tie, belt below the gut.
  • The nubby, shark's-fin radio aerial on the roof is the give-away: the A6 is a kind of racing saloon, a coupe with nothing cut off.
  • If you can shoot a snubby .38 with one hand easily, get it. The Volokh Conspiracy » Women’s (or Men’s) Concealed Carry Handgun Recommendations:
  • My wife wanted something small and light, so we purchased one of those lightweight titanium snubby 38s with the bobbed hammers. The Volokh Conspiracy » Women’s (or Men’s) Concealed Carry Handgun Recommendations:
  • It's a shame someone working at that center didn't have a 38 snubby in his desk drawer. "I don’t know why anyone would be so angry. We’re always helping people. It’s just a great place to be."
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