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单词 eggery
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eggeryn.

/ˈɛɡəri/
Etymology: < egg n. + -ery suffix.
A collection of eggs; an establishment for producing eggs.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > enclosure for poultry > laying house, hatchery, etc.
rearing house1824
sitting room1850
hatchery1857
brooding-room1884
eggery1910
laying house1913
battery1931
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Eggery, a nest of eggs.
1910 Daily Chron. 21 Mar. 4/7 A Western Canadian paper declares that next to the discovery of a gold-mine the most profitable investment is the ‘importation of a batch of well-disposed hens and the establishment of an up-to-date eggery’.
1938 Reader's Digest Mar. 93/1 An Arndt eggery consisting of four sections.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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