Definition of Nuggety

1. Adjective. having the characteristics of a nugget ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nuggety

1. nugget [adj] - See also: nugget

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuggety

nuffink
nuffins
nuffs
nug
nugacity
nugae
nugation
nugations
nugatory
nuggar
nuggars
nugget
nugget of truth
nuggetlike
nuggets
nuggety (current term)
nugifying
nugs
nuh
nuh-uh
nuisance
nuisance abatement
nuisance fee
nuisance tax
nuisance taxes
nuisance value
nuisancer
nuisancers
nuisances
nuke

Literary usage of Nuggety

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Progress Report by Geological Survey of Victoria, Family Planning Victoria (1878)
"The nuggety Gully Lead receives its auriferous gravels principally from Dutchman's Hill, Church Hill, and Hard Hill, and joins the Creswick Lead immediately ..."

2. A Record of the Mines of South Australia by Henry Yorke Lyell Brown (1887)
"The gold was nuggety, ragged, and smooth. Some of the claims were very rich, ... nuggety GULLY was very payable, and yielded nuggets up to loz. in weight. ..."

3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"nuggety, adj. applied to a horse or a man. Short, thick-set and strong. ... Private Letter, March 2 : " nuggety is used in the same sense as ..."

4. The Official Post office directory of New South Wales (1867)
"... Thomas, miner, nuggety gully Thompson, Henry, butcher Thompson, Samuel, miner, ... Bald hills Tierney, James, miner Toohey, Susan, farmer, nuggety gully ..."

5. The Cyclopedia of Victoria (illustrated): An Historical and Commercial by James Smith (1904)
"Immediately to the west are the nuggety Hills, close to the town, the locality of the nuggety Reef, from which, in the early fifties, as much as 300 ounces ..."

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