nubbin

plural nubbins · alternative obsolete nubbing

1. A stub, especially a stub of undeveloped corn or fruit or nipple.
2. informalA small protuberance, bud, bump, or knob.

   As an avid button collector, I have had to develop an efficient way of removing the nubbin of thread from the buttonhole.

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   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.

   1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 67

   Synonyms: nublet, nub

3. euphemisticslangvulgarSynonym of clitoris.

   Synonyms: clitoris