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Meanings of stub in English
Usage of stub in English
1
For years, China has held half-hearted campaigns to stub out the habit.
2
For years, China has conducted half-hearted campaigns to stub out the habit.
3
Half in derision, I offered the library the stub of my wash-book.
4
Art threw away the stub of the splinter and sat up straight.
5
He threw the stub of his cigar from him across the room.
6
The stub of a tail was marking time to the canine heartbeats.
7
He leaned over the rail, puffing at the stub of his cigar.
8
A melted stub in a candlestick attested to his source of light.
9
He returned the stub to its resting place and closed the ashtray.
10
He had a plate of oiled beans in one thick, stub-fingered hand.
11
I love it that you showed Todras and Nyswander a ticket stub.
12
The catwalk had been reduced to a stub protruding into empty air.
13
He was smoking a cigarette that was hardly more than a stub.
14
Wearily she rose and lighted her own stub of candle from his.
15
Tossing away the stub of his cigarette, Don answered with another whistle.
16
Standing on the branch stub, Talen coiled himself as best he could.
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Stub through the time
Stub across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common