Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who makes a business of collecting eggs, as of birds or turtles.
- noun One who eggs, urges, or incites: usually with on.
- noun In entomology, a reddish-brown moth of either of the genera Lasiocampa and Eriogaster: as, the oak-egger, L. quercus; the grass-egger, L. trifolii; the small egger, E. lacustris.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who gathers eggs; an eggler.
- noun One who eggs or incites.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who gathers eggs.
- noun Any of various species of
moth , especially the oak egger-moth, Bombyx quercus. - noun One who eggs or
incites .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons
Etymologies
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Examples
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The egger missed his target, and was promptly hired by the Cubs.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [146] -- Clowning Around Chris Weigant 2010
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The egger missed his target, and was promptly hired by the Cubs.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [146] -- Clowning Around Chris Weigant 2010
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The egger missed his target, and was promptly hired by the Cubs.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [146] -- Clowning Around Chris Weigant 2010
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The egger missed his target, and was promptly hired by the Cubs.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [146] -- Clowning Around Chris Weigant 2010
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The egger missed his target, and was promptly hired by the Cubs.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [146] -- Clowning Around Chris Weigant 2010
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The egger missed his target, and was promptly hired by the Cubs.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [146] -- Clowning Around Chris Weigant 2010
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The egger missed his target, and was promptly hired by the Cubs.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [146] -- Clowning Around Chris Weigant 2010
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The egger missed his target, and was promptly hired by the Cubs.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [146] -- Clowning Around Chris Weigant 2010
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Though he has not get the chance to get educated, he is very much egger to educate his children.
Sand digger: Abdul Barek Mir Junaed 2009
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The chance that a ham and egger day is right around the corner and you might remember to bring your camera with you.
outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2003
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