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nesty

  • a word derived from nest.
    nest
    noun
    a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.

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“Don’t get too carried away – make sure you bring in lots of lovely woolly, cosy textures too, for that nesty, winter feelgood vibe.”

From The Guardian Nov. 10, 2020

Later, he went to a notary and swore his allegiance, but somehow the oath never caught up with the am nesty petition.

From Time Magazine Archive

There's muckle loons there that micht snap up a guid-lookin' lad like Jock, an' ship him ontill their nesty ships afore he could cry 'Mulquarchar and Craignell!'

From The Lilac Sunbonnet by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

"Ay, man, so it is," says Sandy, takin' a slaik o't aff wi' his fingers, an' syne dichtin't on the tail o' his sirtoo, the nesty character, 'at I shud say sic a wird!

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

Eh, ye nesty cratur," said Bella, much disgusted "But I suppose ye're meaning English undertakers—men that does naething but work wi' funerals—a fearsome ill job.

From Penny Plain by Douglas, O.