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.
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Nest egg
Synonyms for "nest egg" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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Translations
23 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- спестявания noun (savings)
Catalan
1 entries- coixí noun (savings)
Dutch
1 entries- appeltje voor de dorst noun (savings)
Finnish
1 entries- pesämuna noun (savings)
French
1 entries- bas de laine noun (savings)
Galician
2 entries- petiño noun (savings)
- peto noun (savings)
German
2 entries- Notgroschen noun (savings)
- finanzielles Polster noun (savings)
Hungarian
1 entries- dugipénz noun (savings)
Irish
1 entries- cillín noun (savings)
Italian
2 entries- gruzzolo noun (savings)
- risparmio noun (savings)
Māori
1 entries- pūtea penapena noun (savings)
Polish
1 entries- zaskórniak noun (savings)
Portuguese
2 entries- economias noun (savings)
- pé-de-meia noun (savings)
Russian
1 entries- сбережения noun (savings)
Spanish
4 entries- ahorros noun (savings)
- colchón noun (savings)
- hucha noun (savings)
- peculio noun (savings)
Welsh
1 entries- wy addod noun (savings)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Over time, they accumulated a tidy nest egg and retired comfortably.
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When Mrs. Carey was married she had three hundred pounds, and this money, carefully watched, had been used by her to meet any unforeseen expense, any urgent charity, or to buy Christmas and birthday presents for her husband and for Philip. In the course of years it had diminished sadly, but it was still with the Vicar a subject for jesting. He talked of his wife as a rich woman and he constantly spoke of the "nest egg".
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This is just like "Easy Rider." Except, now it's our turn. I mean, we can drop out and we can still have our nest egg!
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