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nug⋅get
[nuhg-it] 
ɪt
–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.
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| nug·get (nŭg'ĭt) n.
[Perhaps diminutive of English dialectal nug, lump.] |
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Nugget
Nug"get\, n. [Earlier niggot, prob. for nigot, an ingot. See Ingot.] A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as, a nugget of gold.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Nugget
Spanish:
pepita,
German:
das Nugget,
Japanese:
金塊
nugget
1852, "lump of gold," probably from southwestern England dialectal nug "lump," of unknown origin. Another theory is that it is a misdivision of an ingot. Transf. sense is from 1859.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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