nidget

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Nidget \Nidg"et\, n. [Written also {nigget}, {nigeot}.] [Cf. F.
   nigaud a booby, fool, OF. niger to play the fool.]
   A fool; an idiot, a coward. [Obs.] --Camden.
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