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nuby

nuby noun: an article of clothing similar to a scarf or a shawl.

Noun

nuby (plural nubies)

  1. An article of clothing similar to a scarf or a shawl.
    • She wore entwined about her head an article which Mrs. Dangerfield spoke of as a "nuby," a knitted pink scarf concealing her hair, encircling her neck and having among its convolutions a hole for her perfectly expressionless face.1 June 1804, Henry James, “Pandora”, in The New York Sun
    • "The little white nuby in my top drawer, Betty—I felt a chill striking the back of my neck."1902, Ellen Glasgow, The Battle Ground

Forms of nuby

pluralnubies

Words that rhyme with nuby

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about nuby

What does nuby mean?
Nuby means an article of clothing similar to a scarf or a shawl.
What part of speech is nuby?
Nuby is a noun.
What is the plural of nuby?
The plural of nuby is nubies.

Words near nuby in the dictionary

  1. nublets
  2. nublike
  3. nubs
  4. nubuck
  5. nubucks
  6. nuby
  7. nuc
  8. NUCA
  9. nucament
  10. nucamenta
  11. nucamentaceous

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