Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small cake or loaf.
- noun A luncheon; a piece of bread eaten at noon.
- noun A small parcel or packet.
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Examples
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These maybe fine things in their way, and, like an antique jewel, they may serve very well to wear on special occasions, or to treasure as an antiquary would do some rare coin or "auld nick-nacket."
Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities 1879
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Every one resident in the midland counties must be acquainted with the word _nog_, applied to the wooden ball used in the game of "shinney," the corresponding term of which, _nacket_, holds in parts of Scotland, where also a short, corpulent person is called a _nuget_.
sionnach commented on the word nacket
snack: light lunch
October 12, 2007
she commented on the word nacket
or, a rude and impertinent boy (from French words meaning 'the tennis court keeper's boy')
The two definitions should be easy to keep straight (unless you're a cannibal, in which case there is a pleasant congruence).
July 9, 2008