Nuby
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An article of clothing similar to a scarf or a shawl.
"She wore entwined about her head an article which Mrs. Dangerfield spoke of as a "nuby," a knitted pink scarf concealing her hair, encircling her neck and having among its convolutions a hole for her perfectly expressionless face."
Example
More examples"She wore entwined about her head an article which Mrs. Dangerfield spoke of as a "nuby," a knitted pink scarf concealing her hair, encircling her neck and having among its convolutions a hole for her perfectly expressionless face."
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