egger

[ eg-er ]

Origin of egger

1
1695–1705; egg1 + -er1; the cocoon is egg-shaped

Words Nearby egger

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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.

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

Origin of egger

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

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