Word Study
egger
CIDE DICTIONARY
One who gathers eggs; an eggler. [1913 Webster]
One who eggs or incites. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
egger, n. (also eggar) any of various large moths of the family Lasiocampidae, esp. Lasiocampa quercus, with an egg-shaped cocoon.
Etymology
prob. f. EGG(1) + -ER(1)
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