Definitions
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- noun dated, slang An
egg .
Etymologies
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cackle + berry, from the sound of a hen and the resemblance of an egg to a fruit.
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Examples
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The cackleberry package turned out to be a flyinglizardflamebreatherberry.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Chinese Puzzle - John Wyndham Blue Tyson 2007
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The cackleberry package turned out to be a flyinglizardflamebreatherberry.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Wizard's Den - Peter Haining Blue Tyson 2007
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Which is to say, it looked like the ovoid deposit of a metallic dragon-bird, the hard-boiled cackleberry the Statue of Liberty was about to peel for her breakfast.
Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990
fbharjo commented on the word cackleberry
egg-me-on fruit
September 30, 2010