Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nugget"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nugget \Nug"get\, n. [Earlier niggot, prob. for nigot, an ingot.
See {Ingot}.]
A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as, a
nugget of gold.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nugget
n : a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found
in the earth
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