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noun

nest egg n.

An egg left in the nest to prevent the hen from forsaking it, and to induce her to lay more in the same place.

Hence, (figuratively), Money set aside in a special fund to be used for special occasions, or more commonly, for retirement; as, she set aside a large hunk of her salary every month and had a considerable nest egg for her retirement.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nest egg" Quotes from Famous Books

... you half yet. Bevan insists on our moving at once; he wants me to take a good house, either in Brunswick Place or Montague Square, or one of those roads leading out of it; it is well that we have that nest egg, the five hundred pounds untouched, it will pay for the necessary furniture, and the first ...

— Doctor Luttrell's First Patient • Rosa Nouchette Carey

... confessed confidentially, "when father and mother were married Uncle John gave them a little nest egg. You understand? He had some money, and he gave some of it to them. And then, he was father's only living relative; so they named the first baby 'Gumswith'—so that the family name should not die ...

— Janice Day, The Young Homemaker • Helen Beecher Long

... like Leon? Leave ONE for the nest egg! If he were dying and saw a joke or a trick, he'd stop to play it before he finished, if he possibly could. If he had no time at all, then he'd go with his eyes twinkling over the thoughts of the ...

— Laddie • Gene Stratton Porter

... live here most of the time," grinned Teddy. "They like to have me eat here. I'm a sort of nest egg, you know. It makes the others hungry to see me eat, and they file in in a perfect procession. How's ...

— The Circus Boys Across The Continent • Edgar B. P. Darlington

Words linked to "Nest egg" : monetary fund, fund, device, savings