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Noun (1)nuggets

a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earthType of hunk, lump

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Nug′get noun

Origin: Earlier niggot, prob. for nigot, an ingot. See Ingot.

1. A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as, a nugget of gold.

2. Something of value, usually found among many other less valuable things; — often used figuratively; as, a nugget of useful information in a sea of data.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors