Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A nest of eggs; a place where eggs are laid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A place where eggs are deposited or kept.
  • noun A nest of eggs.

Etymologies

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egg +‎ -ery

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Examples

  •  HE WOKE WITH A START. It was sharp noon, and the house smelled of warm leek-and-cabbage eggery for lunch.

    Son of a Witch Maguire, Gregory 2005

  • Lib-Dems, as they're called, are very, very sincere and well-meaning people, who believe in general niceness and all-round good-eggery.

    Bock The Robber 2010

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  • Compare hennery.

    November 25, 2010