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Definition of Nidgets
1. nidget [n] - See also: nidget
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nidgets
Literary usage of Nidgets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1846)
"... or'nidgets,' as we call them in Essex, at their work of destruction. They will
insert themselves between the wheat and the chaff, and immediately attack ..."
2. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1846)
"I have," says Mr. В., " frequently observed these small black flies, or 'nidgets,'
as we call them in Essex, at their work of destruction. ..."
3. European Agriculture and Rural Economy by Henry Colman (1851)
"... exclusive of nidgets or harrows all through the summer, and generally farms
upon four good maxims, which perhaps may be more easily remembered by the ..."
4. Reprinted Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1879)
"... nidgets.' Su/.—xxxii. 258. Sea waur. ' Sea waur, from its waving to and fro
on the top of the water at high tide.' Thanet.—xxvii. 523. [No ! ..."
5. Old Country and Farming Words: Gleaned from Agricultural Books by James Britten (1880)
"... nidgets.' Suff.—xxxii. 258. Sea waur. ' Sea waur, from its waving to and fro
on the top of the water at high tide.' Thanet.—xxvii. 523. [No! ..."
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