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Complete Definition of "nest egg"

English

Noun
nest egg

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

#: Over time, they accumulated a tidy nest egg and retired comfortably.

Translations
trans-top|egg placed in a bird's nest
Finnish: t|fi|pesämuna, t|fi|munitusmuna
trans-bottom

trans-top|savings
Catalan: coixí (pillow)
Finnish: pesämuna
trans-bottom

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