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Chris -- 2018-04-11
MW uses the word stubby in the definition for snub-nosed, so it’s easy to see how the snub and stub might be used rather interchangeably. But it seems that the two words have different etymology. Also, the eggcorn in the other direction was discussed in the Forum a while back, but I located that only after stumbling upon stub-nosed today…
You should now use a pair of small stub-nosed pliers to break-off the plastic until the inner steel ring that holds the barrel in the inner groove of the barrel is revealed.
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