nubbinn.

Brit.

/ˈnʌbɪn/, U.S.

/ˈnəb(ə)n/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– nubbin, 1900s– nubin, 1900s– nummin (U.S. regional (Michigan)).

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nub n.¹, -ing suffix³.

Etymology: Apparently < nub n.¹ + -ing suffix³, although few formations with this suffix are found this late.

Originally and chiefly U.S.

1. A small or imperfectly formed ear of maize.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > maize > head, cob, ear, or inflorescence

tassel1646

roasting ear1651

nubbin1692

grappe1693

cob1702

corn-cob1787

spike1800

ear leaf1835

maize ear1855

tucket1874

ear bud1901

1692 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1913) 8 209 Jones saw him buy one beaver skin..for thirty ears and nubbins of corn.

1838 B. Drake Tales & Sketches 150 A handfull of salt and a few nubbins of corn.

1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Jan. 12 Every morning she carried out, for his personal use, a nubbin of corn, or some other article of squirrel diet.

1892 Cent. Mag. Mar. 745 Bert hurriedly unwound the shawl, and a frightened child..was disclosed like a nubbin of corn after the husks are stripped off.

1910 ‘O. Henry’ Strictly Business vi. 76 A red nubbin of corn.

1934 W. Faulkner Shingles for Lord in Coll. Stories 39 He snatched that whole section of roof from around the lantern like you would shuck a corn nubbin.

1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 168 Why, you are no bigger than a corn nubbin.

2. gen. Something small, esp. with the appearance of being stunted or worn down; a residual part, a stub or stump; the smallest possible size or quantity of something. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing

minutea1450

minim1590

mite1594

titmouse1596

moteling1605

atom1633

thingling1652

long-little1653

parvitude1659

bodikin1668

eschantillon1720

niff-naff1808

smolt1808

runt1819

titty-tottya1825

featherweight1838

thinglet1839

shable1842

thumb1854

nubbin1857

speckle1882

teeny-weeny1894

hickey1909

tiddler1937

pinhead1951

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remaining fragment

stobc1420

end1481

stump1516

fragment1531

stuba1533

remainder?1570

remain1572

fag1582

snub1590

remnant1597

butt1612

heeltap1776

hagsnar1796

tag-end1807

shank1828

nuba1834

nubbin1857

snar1892

1857 Harper's Mag. Feb. 399/2 They served me, at the ‘American’, with a little hard nubbin of steak.

1904 H. F. Day Kin o' Ktaadn 93 She'd squizzle all to nubbins a speech an hour long.

1945 B. Macdonald Egg & I (1946) i. iii. 45 Many of the trees bore nothing or merely two or three wizened nubbins.

1969 D. Bagley Spoilers i. 10 The lipstick was worn right down... Another lipstick worn to a nubbin.

1993 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 19 June 6/5 They've been butchered, bodgied, battered and rebuilt to the nubbin—now the much-abused VW Beetle is poised to re-enter the new car market.

3. U.S. regional. An antler bud. Hence: a young male deer; (also more fully) nubbin buck.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun]

deera1131

venison1338

wild fee?a1500

lightfoot?1640

cervine1832

cervid1889

nubbin1978

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > knob forming beginning or tip of

broach1575

button1575

croche1575

tenderlings1575

bud1593

peg1611

scrotcher1611

seal1611

velvet tip1638

crocket1870

offer1884

nubbin1978

1978 Let. to Editor in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 830/2 I heard a new term the other day for a buck fawn or ‘button buck’. It is nubbin,..from a man about 40 years old who grew up near Knapp, in Dunn County, Wisconsin.

1979 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 830/2 I heard another term meaning ‘buck fawn’ the other day. It is nummin or nummin buck... He also referred to the antler buds themselves as nummins.

1995 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 27 Nov. b1/2 She and her husband had shot a doe and a nubbin buck.

Compounds

nubbin stretcher n. humorous (U.S. regional) a heavy rain that causes ears of maize to develop fully.

ΚΠ

1915 Dial. Notes 4 186 Nubbin killer. Thunder:—because the rain develops the nubbin into a full grown ear of corn. Facetious.]

1964 R. Phares Bible in Pocket x. 134 The deacon began his supplication by confessing to the Lord that he was not sure what ‘copious showers’ meant, but it didn't sound adequate for his scorched crop. ‘What we need,’ he pleaded, ‘is a pine knot floater and a nubbin stretcher.’

2001 Smoky Mountain News (N. Carolina) (Electronic ed.) 22 Aug. Not the ‘thundery weather’ we'd been getting all week, not a ‘sizzly sod-soaker’, or ‘nubbin' stretcher’, as the elder generation of mountain folks would refer to it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nubbin
释义	nubbinn. Brit. /ˈnʌbɪn/, U.S. /ˈnəb(ə)n/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– nubbin, 1900s– nubin, 1900s– nummin (U.S. regional (Michigan)). Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nub n.¹, -ing suffix³. Etymology: Apparently < nub n.¹ + -ing suffix³, although few formations with this suffix are found this late. Originally and chiefly U.S. 1. A small or imperfectly formed ear of maize. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > maize > head, cob, ear, or inflorescence tassel1646 roasting ear1651 nubbin1692 grappe1693 cob1702 corn-cob1787 spike1800 ear leaf1835 maize ear1855 tucket1874 ear bud1901 1692 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1913) 8 209 Jones saw him buy one beaver skin..for thirty ears and nubbins of corn. 1838 B. Drake Tales & Sketches 150 A handfull of salt and a few nubbins of corn. 1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Jan. 12 Every morning she carried out, for his personal use, a nubbin of corn, or some other article of squirrel diet. 1892 Cent. Mag. Mar. 745 Bert hurriedly unwound the shawl, and a frightened child..was disclosed like a nubbin of corn after the husks are stripped off. 1910 ‘O. Henry’ Strictly Business vi. 76 A red nubbin of corn. 1934 W. Faulkner Shingles for Lord in Coll. Stories 39 He snatched that whole section of roof from around the lantern like you would shuck a corn nubbin. 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 168 Why, you are no bigger than a corn nubbin. 2. gen. Something small, esp. with the appearance of being stunted or worn down; a residual part, a stub or stump; the smallest possible size or quantity of something. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing minutea1450 minim1590 mite1594 titmouse1596 moteling1605 atom1633 thingling1652 long-little1653 parvitude1659 bodikin1668 eschantillon1720 niff-naff1808 smolt1808 runt1819 titty-tottya1825 featherweight1838 thinglet1839 shable1842 thumb1854 nubbin1857 speckle1882 teeny-weeny1894 hickey1909 tiddler1937 pinhead1951 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remaining fragment stobc1420 end1481 stump1516 fragment1531 stuba1533 remainder?1570 remain1572 fag1582 snub1590 remnant1597 butt1612 heeltap1776 hagsnar1796 tag-end1807 shank1828 nuba1834 nubbin1857 snar1892 1857 Harper's Mag. Feb. 399/2 They served me, at the ‘American’, with a little hard nubbin of steak. 1904 H. F. Day Kin o' Ktaadn 93 She'd squizzle all to nubbins a speech an hour long. 1945 B. Macdonald Egg & I (1946) i. iii. 45 Many of the trees bore nothing or merely two or three wizened nubbins. 1969 D. Bagley Spoilers i. 10 The lipstick was worn right down... Another lipstick worn to a nubbin. 1993 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 19 June 6/5 They've been butchered, bodgied, battered and rebuilt to the nubbin—now the much-abused VW Beetle is poised to re-enter the new car market. 3. U.S. regional. An antler bud. Hence: a young male deer; (also more fully) nubbin buck. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] deera1131 venison1338 wild fee?a1500 lightfoot?1640 cervine1832 cervid1889 nubbin1978 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > knob forming beginning or tip of broach1575 button1575 croche1575 tenderlings1575 bud1593 peg1611 scrotcher1611 seal1611 velvet tip1638 crocket1870 offer1884 nubbin1978 1978 Let. to Editor in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 830/2 I heard a new term the other day for a buck fawn or ‘button buck’. It is nubbin,..from a man about 40 years old who grew up near Knapp, in Dunn County, Wisconsin. 1979 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 830/2 I heard another term meaning ‘buck fawn’ the other day. It is nummin or nummin buck... He also referred to the antler buds themselves as nummins. 1995 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 27 Nov. b1/2 She and her husband had shot a doe and a nubbin buck. Compounds nubbin stretcher n. humorous (U.S. regional) a heavy rain that causes ears of maize to develop fully. ΚΠ 1915 Dial. Notes 4 186 Nubbin killer. Thunder:—because the rain develops the nubbin into a full grown ear of corn. Facetious.] 1964 R. Phares Bible in Pocket x. 134 The deacon began his supplication by confessing to the Lord that he was not sure what ‘copious showers’ meant, but it didn't sound adequate for his scorched crop. ‘What we need,’ he pleaded, ‘is a pine knot floater and a nubbin stretcher.’ 2001 Smoky Mountain News (N. Carolina) (Electronic ed.) 22 Aug. Not the ‘thundery weather’ we'd been getting all week, not a ‘sizzly sod-soaker’, or ‘nubbin' stretcher’, as the elder generation of mountain folks would refer to it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1692
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