egger

[ eg-er ]

/ ˈɛg ər /

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noun

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Origin of egger

1695–1705; egg¹ + -er¹; the cocoon is egg-shaped

Words nearby egger

eggcorn, eggcrate, egg cream, eggcup, eggdrop soup, egger, egg foo yung, egghead, eggheaded, egg in your beer, eggler

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How to use egger in a sentence

But nothing of this sort occurs to the egger, who gathers and gathers until he has swept the rock bare.
Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2|Maria R. Audubon
Egger, E.—Le papier dans l'antiquit et dans les temps modernes.
The Manufacture of Paper|Robert Walter Sindall
Egger was the thriving man of the region, and lived in style in a big brick house.
On Horseback|Charles Dudley Warner
The man, without moving, allowed that it was Egger's, and that we could probably stay there.
On Horseback|Charles Dudley Warner

He said he had given the egg question years of study, and that he could tell a good egger when he saw one.
The Adventures Of A Suburbanite|Ellis Parker Butler

British Dictionary definitions for egger

egger

eggar

/ (ˈɛɡə) /

noun

any of various widely distributed moths of the family Lasiocampidae, such as Lasiocampa quercus (oak egger) of Europe, having brown bodies and wings

Word Origin for egger

C18: from egg 1, from the egg-shaped cocoon

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