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ˈnugget(t)y, a.
[f. nugget n. + -y.]
1. Having the form of nuggets.
1859Chamb. Jrnl. XI. 290 If the gold should turn out to be ‘nuggety’. 1890Nature 20 Mar. 465 The origin of nuggetty gold.
2. Rich in nuggets.
1870Pall Mall G. 26 Aug. 4 A district which..has earned for itself the proud title of the ‘Nuggety Diggings’.
3. Austral. and N.Z. Of horses or cattle: Stout, compact, thick-set. Used also of other animals, and of people.
1874C. De Boos Congewoi Correspondence 141 He's just oner them short, square-built, nuggetty kinder fellers. 1887Daily News 9 Apr. 5/4 The typical volunteer is gradually framing himself into a medium-sized, somewhat thickset, sturdy style of fellow, with a good chest measurement, firm on the pins, with the stamp on him of strength and hardihood—the sort of man..the Australians style ‘nuggetty’. 1893Pall Mall G. 28 Jan. 3/1 The light spring waggon, drawn by a pair of sleek, nuggetty cobs. 1926‘J. Doone’ Timely Tips for New Australians (Gloss.) Nuggetty, short and sturdy. 1941I. L. Idriess Great Boomerang vii. 52 Scowler was a square-faced, nuggety man, with a set scowl under a shock of hair. 1946F. Sargeson That Summer 66 He wasn't a rangy specimen like me, no, he was nuggety. 1953O. E. Middleton in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 187 Belle was..more nuggety, but still powerful. She was short-haired..but had less white on the throat. 1969O. White Under Iron Rainbow 107 He was a nuggety little bloke and moved as if he could handle himself in a blue. 1971Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. 21/1 The nuggety young Wits University scrumhalf will be in the Springbok team to tour Australia. 1971N.Z. Listener 19 Apr. 56/5 One was a nuggetty bloke in a sou'-wester, oilskin slicker, and bowyangs. |