What is a 'nokket'? It's from a Robert L. Steveson novel.?

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What is a 'nokket'? It's from a Robert L. Steveson novel.?

2006-08-21 11:41:48 · 2 answers · asked by vtwin882000 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors

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Based on the context, I am guessing it might be an old German slang term for "pocket"? Just a guess :)

2006-08-21 11:54:21 · answer #1 · answered by Wolfie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Stevenson's The Wrecker, it's the German's bad accent that makes the sentence sound a bit funny - I've got a German translation here - there it is spelled/pronounced correctly:
"A pig nokket of cold is good." = "A big nugget of gold is good."

2006-08-22 05:21:07 · answer #2 · answered by msmiligan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋