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Definition of Nubbles
1. nubble [n] - See also: nubble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nubbles
Literary usage of Nubbles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"Maiz thick, and in ear. Many fine and tall poplars by the river. They are now (July)
ploughing their nubbles for French beans. ..."
2. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"Kit nubbles, Mrs. nubbles, little Jacob ... Barbara's mother who holds the baby
nubbles in trying scents and cries, belong to what in England are called the ..."
3. Charles Dickens: The Man and His Work by Edwin Percy Whipple, Arlo Bates (1912)
"Kit nubbles, Mrs. nubbles, little Jacob ... the baby nubbles, Barbara's mother,
who holds the baby ..."
4. Virginia, Or, Ringing the Changes: A New and Original Comic Opera in Two Acts by Edward Solomon, Henry Pottinger Stephens (1883)
"... We speak all sorts of languages with fluency, Oui I Ouil DE V. Ich bin du bist
I am a goot German I nubbles. Und lager bier mit wurst dat drink I can l ..."
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