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Niggle
Niggle Nig"gle, v. t.
1. To trifle or play.
Take heed, daughter, You niggle not with your
conscience and religion. --Massinger.
2. To act or walk mincingly. [Prov. Eng.]
3. To fret and snarl about trifles. [Prov. Eng.]
NiggleNiggle Nig"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Niggled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Niggling.] [Dim. of Prov. E. nig to clip money; cf. also
Prov. E. nig a small piece.]
To trifle with; to deceive; to mock. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. Niggle
Niggle Nig"gle, v. t.
1. To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner.
2. To elaborate excessively, as in art.
Niggle
Niggle Nig"gle, v. i. (Chiefly Eng.)
1. To move about restlessly or without result; to fidget.
2. To be finicky or excessively critical; to potter; esp., to
work with excessive care for trifling details, as in
painting.
Meaning of Niggle from wikipedia
- "Leaf by
Niggle" is a
short story written by J. R. R.
Tolkien in 1938–39 and
first published in the
Dublin Review in
January 1945. It was
reprinted in...
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Niggles may
refer to: A
symptom of
decompression sickness "Leaf by
Niggle", a
short story by J. R. R.
Tolkien This
disambiguation page
lists articles...
- by
Niggle" (originally
published in the
Dublin Review in 1945). Tree and Leaf was the
first publication in
which On Fairy-Stories and Leaf by
Niggle became...
- and Leaf by
Niggle in book form) 1966 The
Tolkien Reader (The
Homecoming of
Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, On Fairy-Stories, Leaf by
Niggle,
Farmer Giles...
-
Niggly/Growling
Swallet cave
system (JF-237),
Tasmania is the
deepest cave in Australia. Part of the
extensive Junee-Florentine
karst area near Mt Field...
- a lecture,
delivered in 1939 at the
University of St. Andrews. “Leaf by
Niggle,”
first published in 1945, is a
short story that
Tolkien wrote to accompany...
- %5B%5BWikipedia%3ARedirects+for+discussion%5D%5D+debate+closed+as+delete #REDIRECT Leaf by
Niggle...
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Press Pages c. 60,
depending on
edition Pub. date 4
December 1947
Chronology < > Leaf by
Niggle Farmer Giles of Ham...
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Other works included Mr.
Bliss and
Roverandom (for children), and Leaf by
Niggle (part of Tree and Leaf), The
Adventures of Tom Bombadil,
Smith of Wootton...
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Tolkien presents images of
himself in his writings, as with
Niggle, the anti-hero of "Leaf by
Niggle" and Smith,
there is "a
persistent streak of alienation"...
