nubbin

Example Sentences

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But this story is to be concerned only briefly with "Nubbin Ridge," so we will come back to the one around whom it will in a measure center.

From The Homesteader A Novel by Micheaux, Oscar

When a man went to rent a farm in "Nubbin Ridge" he was considered all in, down and out....

From The Homesteader A Novel by Micheaux, Oscar

Any one that had any energy, any spark of ambition, would grow restless or crazy in Nubbin Ridge!

From The Homesteader A Novel by Micheaux, Oscar

Hardly anybody remembered and none alluded to the fact that the millionaire of Horsford was only two removes from old Sal Smith of Nubbin Ridge.

From Bricks Without Straw by Tourgée, Albion Winegar

The low altitude of Nubbin Ridge made me sallow; there was no blood in my cheeks.

From The Homesteader A Novel by Micheaux, Oscar