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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Martin needs to get through relatively unscathed, starting at St Mirren, a nuggety team built in the image of their smart and tough manager, Stephen Robinson.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 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
Broner did little more than acknowledge the presence his nuggety 32-year-old opponent from Newbridge when they met in New York this week.
From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2013
"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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