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"ref": "2005, Mark A. Roeder, Outfield Menace, iUniverse, page 10",
"text": "He jumped up, got me in a headlock and gave me a nuggy.",
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"ref": "2006, Gerard Telmosse, The Mountain, Lulu Press, Inc., pages 69 and 140",
"text": "You will have a nuggy that will hurt until third period. […] “In fact, now that I think of it I’m still going to ground you for a month. No make that a year,” he was saying as he grabbed Matt in a half Nelson and started to give him a nuggy.",
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"ref": "2007, James Gerdeman, Jimmy, Lulu.com",
"text": "He gave me a nuggy. This was a rub on the head with a knuckle from his finger. I never like the nuggy.",
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"ref": "2010, Marcus Steele, Broken Promises, Xlibris",
"text": "His younger brother always liked to rib him a little; Hawke put his younger, though taller, sibling in a gentle choke hold and gave him a nuggy . . . something he had done since childhood . . .",
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"ref": "2012, Terry O’Reilly, Ricky, Queerteen Press",
"text": "He put his arm around Dave’s neck and gave him a nuggy with his other hand.",
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"ref": "2016, Rob Urbinati, Play Readings: A Complete Guide for Theatre Practitioners, Focal Press",
"text": "Belen gives him a nuggy. Belen can perform this action with a gesture (although the playwright or director might need to explain to Belen exactly what a “nuggy” is) (see Photograph 8.10).",
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"ref": "2017, Wayne Ventura, Schumacher, Lulu.com",
"text": "Belphegor gave me a nuggy then he lightly slapped me in the face.",
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"ref": "2017, Naomi Fell, Tequila And Chestnut, Club Lighthouse Publishing",
"text": "\"But I bet none of you can get more air than this guy here,\" he challenged, giving Isaac a nuggy.",
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"ref": "2018, Beem Weeks, Strange Hwy: Short Stories, Fresh Ink Group",
"text": "Danny hurtles the back of the sofa, snatches his sister in a chokehold, and works a serious nuggy into her head.",
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"ref": "2019, Cynthia D’Alba, Hot SEAL, Alaskan Nights, Riante, Inc.",
"text": "Patrick grabbed Levi’s head for a nuggy, but their mother moved in to separate them.",
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"ref": "2021, Samuel Elliott, ASBO Teacher: An Irreverent Guide to Surviving in Challenging Classrooms, Crown House Publishing",
"text": "‘[…] How would you feel if I gave you a nuggy?’ I reached out to the matted clump of hair on his head like I was knocking a door.",
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"ref": "2022, Andrew Angelo, Winter Hill: Dreams of Flight, Austin Macauley Publishers",
"text": "A punch on the arm, head lock, a ‘nuggy’, shoving and pushing was the normal pattern of a boy’s behavior with their friends as they entered the buildings at Northeastern Jr. High School.",
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"text": "He jumped up, got me in a headlock and gave me a nuggy.",
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},
{
"ref": "2006, Gerard Telmosse, The Mountain, Lulu Press, Inc., pages 69 and 140",
"text": "You will have a nuggy that will hurt until third period. […] “In fact, now that I think of it I’m still going to ground you for a month. No make that a year,” he was saying as he grabbed Matt in a half Nelson and started to give him a nuggy.",
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},
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"ref": "2007, James Gerdeman, Jimmy, Lulu.com",
"text": "He gave me a nuggy. This was a rub on the head with a knuckle from his finger. I never like the nuggy.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Marcus Steele, Broken Promises, Xlibris",
"text": "His younger brother always liked to rib him a little; Hawke put his younger, though taller, sibling in a gentle choke hold and gave him a nuggy . . . something he had done since childhood . . .",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2012, Terry O’Reilly, Ricky, Queerteen Press",
"text": "He put his arm around Dave’s neck and gave him a nuggy with his other hand.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2016, Rob Urbinati, Play Readings: A Complete Guide for Theatre Practitioners, Focal Press",
"text": "Belen gives him a nuggy. Belen can perform this action with a gesture (although the playwright or director might need to explain to Belen exactly what a “nuggy” is) (see Photograph 8.10).",
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},
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"ref": "2017, Wayne Ventura, Schumacher, Lulu.com",
"text": "Belphegor gave me a nuggy then he lightly slapped me in the face.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017, Naomi Fell, Tequila And Chestnut, Club Lighthouse Publishing",
"text": "\"But I bet none of you can get more air than this guy here,\" he challenged, giving Isaac a nuggy.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018, Beem Weeks, Strange Hwy: Short Stories, Fresh Ink Group",
"text": "Danny hurtles the back of the sofa, snatches his sister in a chokehold, and works a serious nuggy into her head.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019, Cynthia D’Alba, Hot SEAL, Alaskan Nights, Riante, Inc.",
"text": "Patrick grabbed Levi’s head for a nuggy, but their mother moved in to separate them.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021, Samuel Elliott, ASBO Teacher: An Irreverent Guide to Surviving in Challenging Classrooms, Crown House Publishing",
"text": "‘[…] How would you feel if I gave you a nuggy?’ I reached out to the matted clump of hair on his head like I was knocking a door.",
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},
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"ref": "2022, Andrew Angelo, Winter Hill: Dreams of Flight, Austin Macauley Publishers",
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