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... shading as that of the Redpoll. b. fig. Pleasant, rich, full of zest; spicy or piquant in interest. Obs. 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 498 Supper, drink, and nutty mirth succeeded. 1849 H. MELVILLE Redburn (1983) liv. 297 When..I have chanced..to light upon a fragment of this species of rope, I have ever taken, I know not what kind of strange nutty delight in untwisting it slowly. 1894 Current Hist. ...

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