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Definition of Eggery
1. n. A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs.
Definition of Eggery
1. Noun. A place where eggs are deposited or kept. ¹
2. Noun. A nest of eggs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eggery
1. a place where eggs are laid [n EGGERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eggery
Literary usage of Eggery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1850)
"Fuller—first Captain Cook — second Captain Hatch — third Captain eggery— fourth
Captain Camp on Prospect Hill March 15th 1776. ..."
2. The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe and More Especially by Charles Mackay (1877)
"Erroneously explained in the first edition as from eggery, really from the French
aire ... Literally, an eggery; or Anglo-Saxon, ari; German, aar, an eagle; ..."
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