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nut

noun as in seed of fruit, vegetable

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noun as in crazy, overenthusiastic person

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Dr Simon Opher, Labour MP for Stroud, said several of his septuagenarian constituents had been arrested under legislation he described as "a sledgehammer to crack a nut".

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When young Assemblyman Burton sought to decriminalize marijuana, Reagan, implying that Burton was a nut, quipped that the San Franciscan was the one man in Sacramento who had the most to fear from the squirrels that populate Capitol Park.

Jason Yuan, a second-hand car shop owner, closes the hood of a vehicle after tightening the last nut on the battery terminal - a routine he is all too familiar with.

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Perfection for a rugby league nut.

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Harvested fruit from shea nut trees have to be crushed, roasted and boiled to extract their oil to produce the shea butter used in cosmetics.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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