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nest egg noun money saved for the future UK, 1700- It was obvious, they both agreed, that this last, unexpected stake must somehow be built into a nest egg which would reestablish them both on the bigtime where they belonged. — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 221, 1956
- Our houses, cars, jewels, paintings, and alleged objets d’art can be sold, which will give us a nice little nest egg to dip into if we should run short in Birmingham. — Max Shulman, Anyone Got a Match?, p. 264, 1964
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