"eggling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Presumably from *eggle (“to sell eggs”) + -ing. Compare English eggler (“seller of eggs”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|*eggle|ing|t1=to sell eggs}} *eggle (“to sell eggs”) + -ing, {{cog|en|eggler|t=seller of eggs}} English eggler (“seller of eggs”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} eggling (uncountable)
  1. (archaic) The sale of eggs; the trade of an eggler. Tags: archaic, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Eggs
    Sense id: en-eggling-en-noun-2yPNPMSr Disambiguation of Eggs: 63 37 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: egglings [plural]
Etymology: From egg + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|egg|ling|id2=diminutive}} egg + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} eggling (plural egglings)
  1. A small, miniature, undersized, or underdeveloped egg. Categories (topical): Size
    Sense id: en-eggling-en-noun-lEcrkoBV Disambiguation of Size: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ling (diminutive) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling (diminutive): 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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