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Nub   /nəb/   Listen
noun
Nub  n.  A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story. (Colloq.)



verb
Nub  v. t.  To push; to nudge; also, to beckon. (Prov. Eng.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Nub" Quotes from Famous Books



... with a 61/4 Hat who did not know the difference between the Pistil and the Stamen he was the most learned Thing in Seven States. Professor Otis was crowded into the Ditch. Sometimes he wonders which of the two has the nub end of the Argument that started in ...
— People You Know • George Ade

... at Gull's P'int," he said, "so some one told me, and that agrees with the place where the signals were seen. I guess she is on the nub of the P'int, and ...
— The Knights of the White Shield - Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play • Edward A. Rand



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