Talk:egger

RFV discussion: March–April 2023
Etymology 3: "One who eggs or incites." As noted at egg, this sense of the verb is obsolete outside of egg on, for which the agent noun is egger-on. I can't find "egger" on its own for this sense on Google Books or EEBO. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 15:09, 5 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Of the old out-of-copyright NEDs three cites, only one is eggers without on: 1605', Answ. Supposed Discov. Romish Doctr., 37: The eggers and instruments of all those slaughters. I might expect this to also be the agent noun for other senses of like to egg someone's house, but I haven't spotted cites... - -sche (discuss) 05:44, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

RFV Failed, OED also has only two cites. Ioaxxere (talk) 00:22, 15 April 2023 (UTC)