Meaning of egger-on | Babel Free

Definitions

Agent noun of egg on: one who eggs on, one who encourages or provokes another.

agent, form-of

Examples

“[…] let there be an honest likyng, and let flattery the egger on of vice be sette a loufe […]”

“Consult the mirror see it shews / Your Eggers on will turn your foes”

“I no longer hesitated; the next day I spent the lunch hour fighting the older, bigger, and heavier boy. But the eggers-on were disappointed because I was not beaten, despite the headache I carried away.”

“Our heartfelt thanks go out to the goodly fellowship of personal sources, expert witnesses, and eggers-on who have supplied us with many of the cheerful facts and enlightening suggestions that have gone into the making of this book […]”

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