A sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Leaving the skins on gives it that nubbly home-made texture.    From Wordnik.com.  [A little bit of miscellaneous] Reference

The crust is nubbly with cornmeal, thick and perfectly flaky.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lemon-Chamomile Cream Pie] Reference

Just how I like them–nice and nubbly-looking–and with maple syrup too!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maple Pecan Oatmeal Cookies | Baking Bites] Reference

The words are bumpy, the sheep are slick and the blue feels just a little nubbly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dream in Paperback « Whatever] Reference

The hardcover edition has lovely cream color pages and a nubbly feel to the cover.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference

You know you are a successful author when you can make up words like “nubbly.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dream in Paperback « Whatever] Reference

“You know you are a successful author when you can make up words like ‘nubbly.’”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dream in Paperback « Whatever] Reference

Spelt risotto with pea shootsThere is a nubbly quality to a risotto made with pearled spelt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salads and sprouting beans: spring recipes] Reference

No nubbly blue for me, but at least I can proudly declare that I have finally posted a comment on scalzi.com.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dream in Paperback « Whatever] Reference

Its bark was a nubbly mass of red-and-white stripes, with mold and mushrooms sprouting in cracks between the stripes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan and The Gods of The Mountain]

As Lucinda walked gingerly around it, she noticed that a glistening nubbly mass protruded from the base of the house.    From Wordnik.com.  [From The Valley Of Lost Projects: Princess Lucinda And The Missing Moon] Reference

It has a silk background (very nubbly), some paper images, lace, buttons (obviously!), a few charms and some stickers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saturday - sewing at last!] Reference

It was the colour of barley bread, with little nubbly imperfections in it, open at the throat, showing his collarbones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]

Instead it was nubbly, wonderfully nubbly, with the ends and fronts and sides of large stones sticking out every which way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragons Of A Lost Star]

Instead there was this nubbly feel of cloth, these aching knees, the feel of the kerchief knot that hurt the back of her head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]

And you went and fell asleep in the chair, the wing chair with a nubbly cranberry fabric that you claimed left dents in your skin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]

The last chair, the cranberry wing-back, the one whose nubbly upholstery you claimed dented your skin, was the hardest to get back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]

By the time Melanie walked into the room clad in a nubbly wool sweater and ripped-up jeans, he'd already started documenting the scene.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Other Daughter]

I made my crust with half whole wheat flour because I like the nubbly toastiness it brings to the pie, almost cookie-like as it crumbles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference

"Just one finger and you'll feel 'em, nubbly like.".    From Wordnik.com.  [King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale] Reference

Grind to a nubbly puree and then add salt to taste.    From Wordnik.com.  [IrishExaminer.com] Reference

The fabric is not nubbly, but has more of a visual texture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference

Something about that nubbly background just wasn't working for me.    From Wordnik.com.  [things I've made] Reference

But it bakes up into something uncommonly fragrant, moist and nubbly-crumbed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orangette] Reference

Even the crust is special, with a crunchy, nubbly top that crackles with demerara sugar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orangette] Reference

Her hands were chapped and nubbly -- pathetic as the toil-worn hands of a woman alone can be.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions] Reference

So he said to the 'Stute Fish,' This man is very nubbly, and besides he is making me hiccough.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just So Stories] Reference

Turkish towns -- are the very reverse of smooth, being principally composed of round nubbly stones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series] Reference

No one else shook hands quite like Reggie: he had nice hands, strong and gentle; thin, but not hard and nubbly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ffolliots of Redmarley] Reference

The texture was fun, the meat kind of soft, the potatoes a little nubbly and the whole a bit crispy on the edges.    From Wordnik.com.  [STLtoday.com Top News Headlines] Reference

(Quotation of nubbly bits.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Silver Spoon] Reference

All your nubbly are belong to us.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Cover « Whatever] Reference

Hard, nubbly things that retain warmth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Outside the X] Reference

Forsyte would have called the ‘nubbly bits.’.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Silver Spoon] Reference

'Nice but nubbly.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just So Stories] Reference

Her bed of life from childhood had been nubbly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol] Reference

Curl my fingers around the cool nubbly shafts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bitchy Jones's Diary] Reference

I have made hearty, nubbly-textured seeded rolls.    From Wordnik.com.  [seven spoons] Reference

"Mother!" the girl implored, "don't wear that nubbly little bonnet.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sons and Lovers] Reference