NEST-EGG

Domain	Definition
Literature	Nest-egg (A). Some money laid by. The allusion is to the custom of placing an egg in a hen's nest to induce her to lay her eggs there. If a person has saved a little money, it serves as an inducement to him to increase his store. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Usage Frequency: NEST-EGG

"NEST-EGG" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "NEST-EGG" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Modern Translation: NEST-EGG

Language		Translations for "NEST-EGG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Finnish		pesämuna (earthenware nest egg, nest egg), munitusmuna. (various references)

Hungarian		palozsna (nest egg), félretett pénzecske, eldugott pénzecske (nest egg). (various references)

Manx		sproag (savings). (various references)

Pig Latin		est-eggnay

Portuguese		pecúlio (estate), pé-de-meia, dinheiro economizado. (various references)

Swedish		sparslant (nest egg). (various references)

Welsh		wy addod. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: NEST-EGG

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-g-g-n-s-t"
	-1 letter: genets, gentes.
	-2 letters: egest, geest, genes, genet, gents, geste, sente, teens, tenge, tense.
	-3 letters: eggs, engs, gees, gene, gens, gent, gest, gets, nest, nets, seen, sene, sent, teen, tees, tegs, tens.
	-4 letters: egg, eng, ens, gee, gen, get, nee, net, see, seg, sen, set, tee, teg, ten.
	-5 letters: en, es, et, ne.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-g-g-n-s-t"
	+1 letter: egesting.
	+2 letters: greetings, segregant.
	+3 letters: gelignites, segmenting, segregants.
	+4 letters: congregates, doggonedest, engagements, genealogist, gigantesque, progestogen, redigesting, registering, segregating, segregation, sightseeing.
	+5 letters: decongesting, engorgements, gametogenous, genealogists, geomagnetism, geometrising, megatonnages, predigesting, progestogens, segregations, snaggleteeth, unsegregated.
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