knob|bled

knob|bled
knob|bled «NOB uhld», adjective.
1. = knobby. (Cf.knobby)
2. knotty; difficult; rough: »

... the Great Siege—the most dramatic single episode in Gibraltar's knobbled past (New Yorker).


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  • bled — bled; dutch ga·bled; ga·bled; knob·bled; peb·bled; trou·bled·ly; trou·bled·ness; war·bled; un·trou·bled·ness; …   English syllables

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