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[Beagleboy]

 

[Jaros]

Thanks mate, i will add the word "nug" to my dictionary.

 

[dwt]

From an article i read somewhere at some stage, back in the day a nugget was a piece of gold no smaller than 5 or 10oz, anything smaller than that was called something else, can someone confirm this for me! 8)

 

[TTKooAu]

hmmmmm..... nugatory means of no consequence, or trifling...... bwah hah.... what would they know!

 

[Jaros]

1850-55; perhaps diminutive of obsolete nug small piece, variant of nog.
Any help??

 

[Prospector B]

Today 09:20 am
From an article i read somewhere at some stage, back in the day a nugget was a piece of gold no smaller than 5 or 10oz, anything smaller than that was called something else, can someone confirm this for me!

I've read that somewhere too but I can't find it now

 

[Jaros]

What is a small lump of Gold called - Answers.com
www.answers.com/hat_is_a_small_lump_of_Gold_called.

What is a raw lump of gold called? nugget and sometimes kernel. .
Pretty vague isn't it??

 

[slipped disc]

SO it wasn't KFC ! another illusion shattered.