Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nest of eggs; a place where eggs are laid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A place where
eggs are deposited or kept. - noun A
nest of eggs.
Etymologies
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egg + -ery
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Examples
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HE WOKE WITH A START. It was sharp noon, and the house smelled of warm leek-and-cabbage eggery for lunch.
Son of a Witch Maguire, Gregory 2005
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Lib-Dems, as they're called, are very, very sincere and well-meaning people, who believe in general niceness and all-round good-eggery.
Bock The Robber 2010
hernesheir commented on the word eggery
Compare hennery.
November 25, 2010