Nub [noun]
Definition of Nub:
core, gist
Synonyms of Nub:
Sentence/Example of Nub:
In vain the mate and Nub looked around on every side in the hope of seeing it.
“Ay, Massa Shobbrok, you can never pray for too much,” said Nub.
Nub gazed at the creature, but his courage did not fail him.
“I no tink we lose our dinner, though,” said Nub, as he got to the bottom.
“We go to get fresh water, and be back soon wid it,” said Nub as they passed.
Nub was now near the hole where the female hornbill had been seen.
Nub, however, was more sanguine than the state of the case warranted.
Nub and Tidy, with three or four of the other men, did the same.
The noise increased—there was more firing—then Nub rushed into the cabin.
A common suffering united him and Nub, and when they could they helped each other.