nuggety
Britishadjective
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of or resembling a nugget
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informal (of a person) thickset; stocky
Example Sentences
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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
As well as Barrett and Durutolo – the latter seemingly a lock-in as the No7 fetcher – the utility back Folau Niua offers a nuggety kind of variety, usually deployed from the bench.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2015
"He has always been a bit of a driver of the environment, because he is a nuggety Englishman who will have a go at whatever is thrown at him."
From BBC ● May 17, 2010
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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