Meaning of nest egg | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there.
2. A saving; a reserve of money.
   figuratively
3. An egg squash.

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Examples

“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.”

“Over time, they accumulated a tidy nest egg and retired comfortably.”

“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".”

“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!”

“Last year, Elliot Liebman, a 30-year-old musician in Austin, Texas, began investing part of every paycheck in some of those currencies, hoping to build a nest egg. Of his $10,000 investment, about $3,000 remains.”

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