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  • noun Plural form of nugget.

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Examples

  • You struck a new land in pioneer days, and you picked up money like a lot of sailors shaking out nuggets from the grass roots in

    CHAPTER VI 2010

  • If AP or other old-line news organizations are expecting to skim gold nuggets from a feed of photos like that, and save money in the process, I think it's unrealistic.

    What's "replacing" PJs? 2007

  • The nonsense continues with three recent nuggets from the world of baseball regarding Pete Rose, androstenedione and the San Diego Padres and their relationship with a Native American casino.

    Baseball swings and misses - again 2000

  • You struck a new land in pioneer days, and you picked up money like a lot of sailors shaking out nuggets from the grass roots in a virgin placer — ­

    The Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London 1916

  • Here are some more Jane nuggets from the June/July Issue of Men’s Fitness, as provided to the Keeping Fit blog by a PR rep for the magazine.

    Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » Blog Archive » Thomas Jane Does ‘Men’s Fitness’ Magazine 2010

  • But we still hit the Sturgeon’s Law problem: with so much urban fantasy out there, how am I ever going to be able to sift out the gold nuggets from the flood?

    Who’s Afraid of Urban Fantasy? « 2009

  • Anthony Neil Smith, the mastermind behind Plots With Guns, brings us a novel-length story that would be right at home among the 4,000-word nuggets PWG presents each quarter.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • Although I certainly do not deny the significant environmental and fuel-saving benefits to choosing a hybrid automobile over any traditional gas-sucking American SUV or luxury sedan, I really believe that our endangered planet - including all those 50 billion sentient beings callously referred to by Outback and McDonald's as "ribs" and "nuggets" - is urgently crying out for much faster and more dramatic action on our part than simply switching vehicles.

    Global Warming Goes Mainstream 2007

  • Chops and three 'veg' I hate shortened words were never on high rotation in the house of my childhood, but irrespective of that, any dinner plate with three vegetables on it is going to be a whole lot healthier than the pre-packaged rubbish parents are 'force-feeding' - to use the editor's term - their children today; when they're not taking them out for chicken nuggets, that is.

    What I cooked last night. 2007

  • Lighter than they look, the nuggets are a comfortable weight.

    Meet Phyllis of Personal Treasures and Mufi Jewels Studio Marcy - Marcy Lamberson 2007

  • I still can't get past the notion that it sounds like a snack that Ren & Stimpy would eat. If I ever found myself in a gas station and saw packages of "Beaver Nuggets" I would assume they were a fake souvenir from something. Like when Spencers Gifts sells sardine flavored gum or something like that.

    Buc-Ee's Beaver Nuggets Are Awful and a Terrible Road Trip Snack Sir_Sir_ExcuseMe_Sir 2025

  • And no, this Buc-ee’s snack is not at all similar to the other famous nuggets you may be thinking of. Beaver Nuggets are made with puffed corn that’s been tossed in a brown sugar coating made from butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and vanilla. The closest thing we can think to compare them to is kettle corn, but puffier and without the hassle of the kernels.

    Don't Live Near the New Biggest Ever Buc-ee's? Don't Worry, You Can Make These Copycat Beaver Nuggets at Home Allrecipes’ editorial guidelines 2023

  • Buc-ee’s is a huge Texas-based gas and convenience travel center famous for its Beaver Nuggets, and for good reason. These sweet and crunchy treats resemble caramel corn but are made with Puffed Corn.

    Buc-ee's Copycat Beaver Nuggets Chula King 2024

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