Definitions for nest-egg

nest-egg nest egg

Nest-Egg is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in nest-egg (-eeggnst).

Definitions for nest-egg

noun

  1. money saved and held in reserve for emergencies, retirement, etc.
  2. a natural or artificial egg placed in a nest to induce a hen to continue laying eggs there.

Origin of nest-egg

First recorded in 1600-10

Examples for nest-egg

You insisted I should have a nest egg before you would murmur, 'I do'?

As for the nest egg and marrying, I've better things to do with that money.

Boy, tell your mamma I sorry I ain' had no egg to send her 'cept just dat one nest egg.

But any way it is a nest egg for my own selfish pleasure to carry me through.

May it be the nest egg by means of which you may hatch out a great fortune.

Had I had a nest egg when I started, I'd have been half a millionaire by now.

Or a retiree who has bought this stock as his or her nest egg.

Not enough to retire instantly to somewhere warm and beachy, but a pleasant increment to my nest egg.

My fingers closed greedily over the bills; it was the nest egg, the beginning.

One fellow I know, who lost a sizable portion of his nest egg and lives off his investments, was a paragon of cheer and lightness.

Word Value for nest-egg
Scrable

4

Words with friends

5

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