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nugget

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nugget/ˈnʌɡɪt/

▶noun

1 a small lump of gold or other precious metal found ready-formed in the earth.

2 a small but valuable fact.

– derivatives
nuggety adjective (chiefly Austral./NZ).

– origin C19: appar. from dial. nug ‘lump’, of unknown origin.

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