nuggety

/ (ˈnʌɡɪtɪ) /


adjective
  1. of or resembling a nugget

  2. Australian and NZ informal (of a person) thickset; stocky

Words Nearby nuggety

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How to use nuggety in a sentence

  • On another occasion a particularly nuggety patient had broken the rules, and becoming troublesome was ordered back to his ward.

  • But when we find large nuggety masses of high carat gold in the beds of dead rivers, another origin has to be sought.

    Getting Gold | J. C. F. Johnson