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nub

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nub
a small fibrous knot in yarn


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Lopsided she smiled as she wrapped masking tape around her hand to snatch naps from the nubby lemon sleeves.
Although a brisk rubdown with a nubby Turkish towel after a steamy soak in a hot bath might be invigorating to a 25-year-old athlete after a workout, a 75-year-old resident's delicate, aging skin isn't up to the challenge of being dried so vigorously.
It is hard to imagine that our parents, the smart artists of the historical establishment, were not guys in nubby suits and black-framed glasses but rather a bunch of ragtag hipster nerds in cutoff shorts.
 
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