nubbin

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English

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Etymology

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Perhaps nub +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nubbin (plural nubbins)

  1. A stub, especially a stub of undeveloped corn or fruit or nipple.
  2. (informal) A small protuberance, bud, bump, or knob.
    Synonym: nub
    As an avid button collector, I have had to develop an efficient way of removing the nubbin of thread from the buttonhole.
    • 1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 67:
      She walks to the next room, a little larger, holding a double bed. The shade is half drawn, and low light gives each nubbin of the bedspread a shadow.
  3. (slang) Synonym of clitoris.

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Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnubːbiːn/

Adjective

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nubbin

  1. essive of nubbi