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nest eggs

nest eggs is the plural of nest egg.

Meaning of nest egg

Noun

nest egg (plural nest eggs)

  1. A natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there.
    • My improvement relates to artificial eggs composed of a substance which is offensive to insects, the object being to render the same effective, not only as a nest-egg, but also as a destroyer of vermin.1879, Patent No. 211,363, issued Jan. 14, 1879 to O. F. Woodward for a Nest-Egg
  2. (figuratively) A saving; a reserve of money.
    • Over time, they accumulated a tidy nest egg and retired comfortably.
  3. An egg squash.

Questions about nest eggs

What is nest eggs the plural of?
Nest eggs is the plural of nest egg.

Words near nest eggs in the dictionary

  1. Nessus sphinx
  2. nest
  3. nest box
  4. nest boxes
  5. nest egg
  6. nest eggs
  7. nest of vipers
  8. nest scrape
  9. nest scrapes
  10. nest together
  11. nest-building

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