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Meanings of nubby in English

Of textiles; having a rough surface.

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Usage of nubby in English
1
He wore a nubby jacket and a silk turtleneck and sipped scotch.
The lost recipe for happiness
2
He wore baggy dungarees and rubber boots, with a thick, nubby sweater.
Four dukes and a devil
3
Attitude lifted the bat for a third blow, his nubby teeth clenched.
Boy’s Life
4
Aren't Were-Hunters supposed to be extra special nubby treats for them?
No mercy
5
Jack exhaled a cloud of blue, the nubby cigarette falling to the floor.
Street magic
6
The man wore expensive-looking corduroy trousers, a rumpled jacket of nubby charcoal-colored linen.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
7
A faded pink bedspread, nubby from use, was draped over the narrow twin bed.
She, myself & i
8
Jake is a furnace, and I could feel his warmth through the nubby wool.
With friends like these
9
Dot stretched off the bed, his tiny nubby tail wagging.
Perfect
10
Parker rubbed her face with her hands, feeling the nubby scars under her palms.
The Good Girls
11
The one thing I wanted at this moment was a nubby, and here it is.
Kitty Trenire
12
Ali laid down the nubby scorecard pencil and stared at Emily for nearly a minute.
Wicked
13
It is my grandfather, sitting in a nubby green oversized armchair in his living room.
The art of mending: a novel
14
Cass picked up a large, nubby hot-pink one from the top shelf and weighed it in her hand.
Any way you want me
15
Cheap nubby carpet over cement floor.
The Fireman
16
Or the low bed that was neatly dressed in one of those grandmotherly white spreads with nubby protuberances.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
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