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nugget
[ nuhg-it ]
noun
- a lump of something, as of precious metal.
- a lump of native gold.
- anything of great value, significance, or the like:
nuggets of wisdom.
- a bite-size piece of chicken, fish, etc., usually batter-fried.
- Welding. (in a spot-weld) the metal fused.
- Australian.
- a powerful, heavy animal.
- a strong, thickset man.
Nugget
1/ ˈnʌɡɪt /
noun
- shoe polish
verb
- informal.tr; sometimes not capital to shine (shoes)
nugget
2/ ˈnʌɡɪt /
noun
- a small piece or lump, esp of gold in its natural state
- something small but valuable or excellent
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Origin of nugget1
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Example Sentences
I always find at least one nugget of information that I can immediately apply to the work I do.
The Wen Wei Po article contains a nugget that tells us why Beijing wanted to get back at the regime in Pyongyang.
Yet inside this shabby story is a nugget of insight screaming to get out.
They also found a gold nugget, an original script by Virgil, and a check for €100,000 made out to Benedict XVI.
“Maybe serve a grilled chicken sandwich instead of a chicken nugget,” she says.
Thirdly, there certainly was gold on their Alder Creek claims, and Lucky's nugget was probably now uncovered.
They could not find a stone for their lives, so, being hungry, Robinson threw a small nugget of gold he had in his pocket.
The nugget now yielded slowly to the pressure and began to come up into the world again inch by inch after so many thousand years.
George and Robinson carried the great nugget on a handkerchief stretched double across two sticks, Jem carried the picks.
The rest cleared the wood, and brought the nugget, safe hidden in their pocket-handkerchief, to camp.
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