egglern.
/ˈɛɡlə/ dialect.
An egg-dealer and poulterer.
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1791 Census (Mertoun) in J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. (1795) XIV. 589 Weavers 4, Clothier 1, Egglers 2.
1869 Daily News 6 Jan. But his chief profession is that of an ‘eggler,’ that is, he used to buy eggs and forward them in large quantities to England.
1880 Daily News 11 Nov. 6/6 They do not even eat the eggs, but sell them to an ‘eggler’.
1881 Supp. Oxford Gloss. Eggler, a poulterer.
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n.1791- painted cup
- painted duck
- painted finch
- painted goose
- painted grass
- painted ground
- painted honeyeater
- painted hyena
- painted lady
- painted lady pea
- painted lady pease
- painted lady scarlet runner
- painted longspur
- painted mallow
- painted mischief
- painted over
- painted partridge
- painted quail
- painted ray
- painted sheath
- painted snipe
- painted terrapin
- painted top
- painted top-shell
- painted topshell