different between nubbin vs dubbin

English

Etymology

Perhaps nub +? -in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?b?n/

Noun

nubbin (plural nubbins)

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.

3. (slang) The clitoris.

References

• nubbin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “nubbin” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “nubbin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?nub?bi?n/

Adjective

nubbin

1. essive of nubbi

English

Alternative forms

• daubing
• dubbing

Noun

dubbin (countable and uncountable, plural dubbins)

1. A mixture of tallow and oil used to soften leather, and make it waterproof.
   • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 295:

     He brought me a pail and a stool, and held out the round tin of dubbin for me to grease the teats.

Verb

dubbin (third-person singular simple present dubbins, present participle dubbining, simple past and past participle dubbined)

1. To apply dubbin to