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egger
[ eg-er ]
egger
/ 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
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of egger1
C18: from egg 1, from the egg-shaped cocoon
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Example Sentences
But nothing of this sort occurs to the egger, who gathers and gathers until he has swept the rock bare.
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Egger, E.—Le papier dans l'antiquit et dans les temps modernes.
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Egger was the thriving man of the region, and lived in style in a big brick house.
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The man, without moving, allowed that it was Egger's, and that we could probably stay there.
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He said he had given the egg question years of study, and that he could tell a good egger when he saw one.
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