nuggets

nuggets

English

Noun

nuggets

  1. plural of nugget
  2. (slang) Money.
    • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
      Bring it off in whatever way you like provided it shows nuggets […]

Interjection

nuggets

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of rats (“expressing annoyance”).
    • 2017, Mark Lowery, “Something Really, Really Terrible”, in Attack of the Woolly Jumper (Roman Garstang Disasters; 3), London: Piccadilly Press, →ISBN:
      […] I noticed a strange smell. Burning?! I looked down at my arms and chest. Oh nuggets! I was on fire.
    • 2023, Harvey Loza, Snow Day: A Series of Daily Choices, Meadville, Pa.: Christian Faith Publishing, →ISBN, page 14:
      Looking through the items…Landon finds… […] a remote! But it’s for the wrong TV. “Oh, nuggets! Gotta keep looking, I guess.”
    • 2026, Emma Green, chapter 1, in The Not-So Great Escape, London: Usborne Publishing, →ISBN:
      “[…] Sometimes when we’ve experienced a big trauma, then…” Oh, nuggets! To Nic, everything was connected to grief. Could this get any worse?

French

Noun

nuggets

  1. plural of nugget
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