Ibid. c. xviii. p. 182:
"If he does steal a calf now and then, I know several squatters who are given to nuggeting."
<hw>Nuggety</hw>, <i>adj</i>. applied to a horse or a man. Short, thick-set and strong. See G. W. Rusden's note under <i>Nugget</i>.
1896. Private Letter, March 2:
"<i>Nuggety</i> is used in the same sense as <i>Bullocky</i> (q.v.), but with a slight difference of meaning, what we should say `compact.' <i>Bullocky</i> has rather a sense of over-strength inducing an awkwardness of movement. <i>Nuggety</i> does not include the last suggestion."
<hw>Nulla-nulla</hw>, <i>n</i>. (spellings various) aboriginal name. A battle club of the aborigines in Australia.
1839. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia,' vol. i. p. 71:
"He then threw a club, or <i>nulla-nulla</i>, to the foot of the tree."
1853. C. Harpur, `Creek of the Four Graves':
"Under the crushing stroke
Of huge clubbed nulla-nullas."