nest egg
Noun
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Noun
nest egg (plural nest eggs)
- A natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there.
- 1879, Patent No. 211,363, issued Jan. 14, 1879 to O. F. Woodward for a Nest-Egg:
- 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:
- (figurative) A saving; a reserve of money.
- Over time, they accumulated a tidy nest egg and retired comfortably.
- An egg squash.
- German: Nestei
- Italian: uovo per nido, nidiandolo, endice
- Russian: по́дкладень
- French: bas de laine
- German: Notgroschen, finanzielles Polster
- Italian: gruzzolo, risparmio
- Portuguese: economias, pé-de-meia
- Russian: сбережения
- Spanish: ahorros, peculio, colchón, hucha
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