noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An egg. archaic, slang

   "He had returned with a chipped bowl full of hen's eggs. ‘Nice fresh cackleberries for your mum and dad.’"

Synonyms

All synonyms

cackle fruitcackle-fart

Example

More examples

"He had returned with a chipped bowl full of hen's eggs. ‘Nice fresh cackleberries for your mum and dad.’"

Etymology

From cackle + berry, from the sound of a hen and the rounded shape of an egg.

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