Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
_Nugget_ (Vol. vi., pp. 171. 281.).--E. N. W. inquires the meaning of the
word _nugget_; and W. S. replies that in Persian _nuqud_ signifies "ready
money." This may have satisfied E. N. W., but it reminds me of Jonathan
Oldbuck and {144} A. D. L. L. I should have thought that any one who had
the slightest skill in etymology would have seen at once that _a nugget_ is
nothing more than a Yankee (?) corruption of _an ingot_. As many may be in
the case of E. N. W., you may as well, perhaps, give this a place in "N. &
Q."