Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Covered with stubble; stubbly.
- Stubbed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Covered with stubble.
- adjective obsolete Stubbed.
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- adjective Covered in
stubble ;stubbly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a short growth of beard
Etymologies
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Examples
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He trudged through the stubbled over cornfield, past the abandoned barn, through the woods, around its downed and rotted trunks, over the shells of puddled ice, to the hill above the pond, and down to the hole they'd made.
Christmas Magic Caleb Stright 2011
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On impulse then he leans awkwardly to hug Dad and worse, kisses Dad on his stubbled cheek.
Thanksgiving Bill Roorbach 2011
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“Not bad,” he remarked, rubbing his stubbled chin.
365 tomorrows » Roi R. Czechvala : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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He kicked his way through the stubbled over cornfield, the cold making his feet heavy.
Christmas Magic Caleb Stright 2011
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It isn't the first time he has been found courting La Dame; take him to the powdery depths of the canyon at Roussillon, and he'll brush red and yellow ochre across his stubbled face.
Jean-Marc 2009
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“Not bad,” he remarked, rubbing his stubbled chin.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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In this life, the sheltered bend of the river where the trout linger, the trees where the red-tailed hawks live and the stubbled fields of water where the duck rest during their yearly pilgrimage are all known.
Ian Welsh: Carl Safina's View From Lazy Point: Expanding the Circle of Compassion One More Time Ian Welsh 2011
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Scenes included hay bales stacked on a stubbled field, looming pylons trailing from a nuclear power station, road work signs on the motorway and neon hoardings for an American diner.
Snapshot: Channel 4 Ident: Bowling « Art & Business of Motion 2009
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In this life, the sheltered bend of the river where the trout linger, the trees where the red-tailed hawks live and the stubbled fields of water where the duck rest during their yearly pilgrimage are all known.
Ian Welsh: Carl Safina's View From Lazy Point: Expanding the Circle of Compassion One More Time Ian Welsh 2011
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And the sled's runners whispered through the snow, through the stubbled over cornfield, past the abandoned barn, through the woods, around its downed and rotted trunks, over the shells of puddled ice, rasped against rocks, to the hill above the pond.
Christmas Magic Caleb Stright 2011
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