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noun
- A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.
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noun
- a gold coin worth twenty francs issued by Napoleon I; a twenty-franc coin
- 1891: We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources, and borrowed, for that purpose, thirty thousand napoleons from the Bank of France. " Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Red-Headed League" (Norton 2005 p.67)
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noun
- a small round thick slice of meat (in particular, lamb or veal) that has been deboned
adjective
- flavoured with hazelnuts
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noun
- A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.
- A small, flat chocolate drop covered with white pellets of sugar.
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noun
- (context, usually in plural) A string or strip of pasta, especially as used in Chinese food.
- Although "spaghetti" is considered to be Italian, Marco Polo brought the back from the far East (specifically, Beijing.)
- (colloquial) A person with poor judgement; a fool.
- (colloquial) The brain.
verb (noodles, noodling, noodled)
(wikipedia, Noodling)
- (context, fishing) To fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body
- Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling for flathead in the river.
- To think or ponder.
- He noodled over the problem for a day or two before making a decision.
- To fiddle, play with, or mess around.
- If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.
- To improvise music.
- He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.
| | nougat |
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noun
- A confection of honey and roasted nuts, often with other ingredients.
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noun (nov, ae)
- (astronomy) any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star
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noun (countable and uncountable; plural: nuggets)
- (countable) a small, compact chunk or clump, as gold
- (countable) a tidbit of something valuable, as a of wisdom
- (uncountable) a type of boot polish
- (countable) a bud from the Cannabis Sativa plant. Usually implies dankness.
- (countable) slang term for an inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
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noun
- (archaic) The heart, lungs, liver, or other internal organs of a deer or other animal, used for food.
| | Nutcracker |
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noun (wikipedia, The Nutcracker)
The Nutcracker
- A ballet by Tchaikovsky
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