applied to a horse or a man.Short, thick-set and strong. See G. W. Rusden's note under Nugget.
1896. Private Letter, March 2:
« Nuggety is used in the same sense as Bullocky (q.v.), but with a slight difference of meaning, what we shouldsay `compact.' Bullocky has rather a sense ofover-strength inducing an awkwardness of movement. Nuggety does not include the last suggestion.»