At last she tucked herself into bed, and rolling over on the nubbly mattress and creaky springs, she almost wished that it had been a feather bed.
"Patty's Social Season"
Carolyn Wells
But he did not wash any gems out of his shock of little nubbly curls.
"A Dash from Diamond City"
George Manville Fenn
He changed the lines, rubbing out one and then another, until he had got a set of curves and little nubbly knot-like ornaments which were not exactly like the oak twig, but suited the lines of the latch.
"In the Days of the Guild"
Louise Lamprey