nubbin
noun/ˈnʌbɪn/
Etymology Perhaps nub + -in.
1
A stub, especially a stub of undeveloped corn or fruit or nipple.
2
Informal A 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.
- 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:
3
Euphemistic, Slang, Vulgar Synonym of clitoris.
- Derived terms
- nubbin disease