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nigget

English edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of nidiot and/or nidget (noun and verb); perhaps connected with midget.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nigget (plural niggets)

  1. A small insect, especially one used by a witch as her familiar.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ “Superstition in Essex: A Witch and Her Niggets”, in Folklore, volume 27, The Times, 1916, page 3
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