nubbin

Plural: nubbins

Noun

• A small, stunted, or undeveloped thing, especially a fruit or ear of corn.
• a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn)
• A stub, especially a stub of undeveloped corn or fruit or nipple.
• A small protuberance, bud, bump, or knob.
• Synonym of clitoris.

Examples

• As an avid button collector, I have had to develop an efficient way of removing the nubbin of thread from the buttonhole.
• His hopes for a bingo were reduced to a NUBBIN after drawing all consonants.

Synonyms

;, clitoris, nub, nublet