"egger-oner" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1964 May 27, Senator Wayne Morse, “McNamara's War in South Vietnam (statement of Mr. Morse)”, in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 88th Congress, Second Session, volume 110, part 9, Washington: United States Government Printing Office, page 12157",
          "text": "We have never invoked that article. We have never attempted to use article 33. We stand convicted before the world of having walked out on our obligations under the United Nations Charter. We signed that commitment at San Francisco. The Senate approved it, and the treaty was ratified. It calls for affirmative action on our part. It calls for affirmative action on the part of Great Britain, our \"egger-oner.\" It calls for affirmative action on the part of the other signatories.",
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          "ref": "1939 April 15, “Why Audiences?”, in Welford Beaton, editor, Hollywood Spectator, volume 14, number 1, The Hollywood Spectator Company, page 14",
          "text": "Where the actors have given a bad performance and the applause egger-oner tries to overcome the effect be artificial means is all too apparent to the man in the living room. Then, too, many agencies and sponsors judge the worth of their shows by the audience applause (via recordings) when the program is checked later. It is a poor policy.",
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          "ref": "1995, Joan Kufrin, “Chapter 8: The Farming Life”, in Leo Burnett: Star Reacher, Leo Burnett Company, pages 96-97",
          "text": "He was the monitor, egger-oner or quick quasher. With a black pencil on a standard copy pad, he scribbled down the thoughts and fragments of thoughts that appealed to him as they erupted like fireworks.",
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        "Agent noun of egg on: one who eggs on, one who encourages or provokes another."
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          "encourages",
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        "(informal, rare) Agent noun of egg on: one who eggs on, one who encourages or provokes another."
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          "ref": "1964 May 27, Senator Wayne Morse, “McNamara's War in South Vietnam (statement of Mr. Morse)”, in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 88th Congress, Second Session, volume 110, part 9, Washington: United States Government Printing Office, page 12157",
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          "ref": "1939 April 15, “Why Audiences?”, in Welford Beaton, editor, Hollywood Spectator, volume 14, number 1, The Hollywood Spectator Company, page 14",
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