Eggling
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The sale of eggs; the trade of an eggler. archaic, uncountable
"No eggler will allow eggs to be contaminated, because he wants to sell at the best price he can get […] If the House says it is, then in my opinion the majority of those people must get out of eggling […]"
- 2 A small, miniature, undersized, or underdeveloped egg.
""Ode X" in 1834, Charles L. S. Jones, American Lyrics One Lovling scarcely's fledg'd. One, yet, An eggling still remains; A third, from forth the broken shell, In chirping notes, complains."
Example
More examples"No eggler will allow eggs to be contaminated, because he wants to sell at the best price he can get […] If the House says it is, then in my opinion the majority of those people must get out of eggling […]"
Etymology
Presumably from *eggle (“to sell eggs”) + -ing. Compare eggler (“seller of eggs”).
From egg + -ling.
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