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Noun: nugget  nú-gut or nú-git
  1. A solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
    "The problems of evaluating nuggety gold veins are constituted by coarse grains"

Derived forms: nuggets

Type of: hunk, lump

Encyclopedia: Nugget