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nubble en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈnʌbəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Compare Low German nubben (“to knock, cuff”).

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of knubble (“small knob or lump”).
   alt of knubble
   • Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles. 1897, Rudyard Kipling, “chapter 1”, in Captains Courageous:

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nubbly

nubble en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈnʌbəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Compare Low German nubben (“to knock, cuff”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) To beat or bruise with the fist.
   • if his Master went an Hair's Breadth beyond his Duty, he was a Tyrant, that it was lawful for him to Nubble him 1712, William Wagstaffe, Crispin the Cobler's Confutation of Ben H-dley:

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