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nugget

[ nuhg-it ]

noun

  1. a lump of something, as of precious metal.
  2. a lump of native gold.
  3. anything of great value, significance, or the like:

    nuggets of wisdom.

  4. a bite-size piece of chicken, fish, etc., usually batter-fried.
  5. Welding. (in a spot-weld) the metal fused.
  6. Australian.
    1. a powerful, heavy animal.
    2. a strong, thickset man.


Nugget

1

/ ˈʌɡɪ /

noun

  1. shoe polish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. informal.
    tr; sometimes not capital to shine (shoes)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

nugget

2

/ ˈʌɡɪ /

noun

  1. a small piece or lump, esp of gold in its natural state
  2. something small but valuable or excellent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nugget1

1850–55; perhaps diminutive of obsolete nug small piece, variant of nog 2; -et
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nugget1

C19: origin unknown
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Example Sentences

These and many other such nuggets were revelatory to me as a newcomer to Bible study.

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Intentional mentorship or not, Miller’s conversations have Snell have already yielded nuggets of wisdom.

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On Jan. 24, Wegmans issued a recall for its store-brand frozen, breaded chicken breast nuggets over possible contamination with extraneous material, specifically bone fragments.

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A woman walks into a machine and gets transformed into a chicken nugget.

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During the day, he says he ate "a lot of chicken nuggets and chips" and, in the evening, he would ask for the "perfect traitor fuel" to be delivered to his lodgings - a crisp sandwich.

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