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Definition of Niggled
1. niggle [v] - See also: niggle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Niggled
| niggies niggish niggle niggled (current term) niggler nigglers niggles nigglier niggliest niggliite | niggling nigglingly nigglings niggly nigh nigh(a) nighed |
Literary usage of Niggled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1905)
"These pictures of his are no niggled amateur productions done on a tiny scale,
but large canvasses boldly handled. The composition is sometimes sketched ..."
2. Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases, as Used in by B. Kirkby (1898)
"NIGGLY—Varra bad ta git owt oot on in a bargin. He was as niggly ower a penny as
many a yan is ower a pund. niggled—Chowed. T' rattans hes niggled his ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"The fight seemed likely to prove disastrous to the English, when Penn with the
whole blue squadron, and Lawson with the van of the red, who had si niggled ..."
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