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Meanings of knobby in English

Having knobs.

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Usage of knobby in English
1
Cat was very happy as he carried his full, knobby hat home.
Charmed Life
2
Peter's form under the blankets was still, his knobby man's feet exposed.
The Girls
3
They still caressed a knobby bit of metal in my overcoat pocket.
The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
4
A long thin toe, knobby at the joints, oblong under the nail.
Deadly Décisions
5
It had gray-green leaves and green knobby fruits the size of warts.
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
6
Concave chest, knobby knees, picked last for every team in gym class.
Ruthless
7
A leg came out, long and knobby-kneed, with a huge polished hoof.
The Lightning Thief
8
Dennis's spine had never looked more prominent, his knees never so knobby.
Stiltsville: a novel
9
St. Clair's knobby hand came out holding a big angular Colt 1911.
Provenance
10
Some looked barely eighteen years old, with barrel chests and knobby knees.
The lost girls: three friends. four continents. one unconvention...
11
She hugged Niall's bared back, knobby fingers pressing into his well-muscled flesh.
Heaven and the heather
12
These stick out like the protrusions on a knobby ball chew toy.
NY Magazine
13
A knobby, juicy fruit he had found on a bush two days ago.
Ringworld
14
It had the effect of being quiet, but in its unobtrusive way knobby.
The Research Magnificent
15
He held out a long, knobby hand for Vivian to shake.
A Tale of Time City
16
To the casual eye the child was all knobby legs and hair ribbons.
A Man Four-Square
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Knobby across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common