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Definition of "nest egg" []

  • An artificial or natural egg placed in a nest to induce a bird to continue to lay eggs in that place. (noun)
  • A sum of money put by as a reserve. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "nest egg" in a sentence
  • "Now the serpent is not wise, for any nest egg beguiles him."
  • "Hardworking Americans who invested their nest egg to watch it grow are now watching it disappear."
  • ""A dickie bird twittered that a certain golden nest egg has flown your coop — to mix metaphors.""