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nuggety

British  
/ ˈnʌɡɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. of or resembling a nugget

  2. informal (of a person) thickset; stocky

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A nuggety, niggly back row with bags of energy, he had another superb game against Newcastle.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

And even if these formidable hurdles are overcome, City will then face Diego Simeone's nuggety Atletico Madrid or Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen in the last 16.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025

The effect is like a percussive, nuggety take on a Mendelssohn gondola song, complete with samples of Venetian church bells, a symbol for time and grief: The work floods with emotional power.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2016

A shrewd leader, a nuggety batsman and leader of a happy ship.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2011

I got a hay fever attack and sneezed ten or twenty times into a nuggety hanky.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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