Definition of Nuggar

1. a type of large boat [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuggar

nuel
nuevo
nuevo sol
nuff
nuffieldite
nuffin
nuffink
nuffins
nuffs
nug
nugacity
nugae
nugation
nugations
nugatory
nuggar (current term)
nuggars
nugget
nugget of truth
nuggetlike
nuggets
nuggety
nugifying
nugs
nuh
nuh-uh
nuisance
nuisance abatement
nuisance fee
nuisance tax

Literary usage of Nuggar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From Korti to Khartum: A Journal of the Desert March from Korti to Gubat and by Charles William Wilson (1886)
"It appears that Gascoigne, finding the boat did not return, started off in the nuggar, hoping to be able to float past the battery before the moon rose; ..."

2. The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford by Charles Beresford (1914)
"I dispatched Keppel with six bluejackets in a small boat to the assistance of the nuggar. Rear-Admiral Sir Colin Keppel very kindly sent to me his ..."

3. Colonel Gordon in Central Africa, 1874-1879 by Charles George Gordon, George Birkbeck Norman Hill (1881)
"box on the ear he has not yet forgotten). When the nuggar was nearly empty, the water rushed in over the side and filled it. ..."

4. Colonel Gordon in Central Africa, 1874-1879: From Original Letters and by Charles George Gordon, George Birkbeck Norman Hill (1885)
"When the nuggar was nearly empty, the water rushed in over the side and filled it. Now the other nuggar was south of it, and could not pass, ..."

5. The Nineteenth Century (1885)
"... successfully steamed past the fort: had anchored some way below the nuggar, and had sent to my assistance a strong boat's crew under Lieutenant Keppel, ..."

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