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Nuby (noun) means a piece of clothing like a scarf or shawl.

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A piece of clothing like a scarf or shawl.

""The little white nuby in my top drawer, Betty—I felt a chill striking the back of my neck."" — Ellen Glasgow, The Battle Ground (1902)

""I met her at a church festival one Christmas Eve," responded Aunt Saidie, in a high-pitched, rasping voice. "The same evening that I got this pink crocheted nuby." She touched a small pointed shawl about her shoulders." — Ellen Glasgow, The Deliverance; A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields (1904)

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