- cackleberries
- eggs, chicken eggs
Look! This hen laid five cackleberries!
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cackleberries
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Cackleberry — or cackleberries may refer to one of the following.*A slang for an egg *Cackleberry Airport, Dexter, Michigan *Cackleberry Press, a Canadian children s book publisher [http://www.cackleberries.com/] *Cackleberry Island, Thunder Bay (Ontario),… … Wikipedia
Diner lingo — Salem Diner in Salem, Massachusetts, USA Diner lingo is a kind of American verbal slang used by cooks and chefs in diners and diner style restaurants, and by the waitresses to communicate their orders to the cooks. It is virtually unknown outside … Wikipedia
Skanger — or scanger (IPA2|skɑŋəɹ) [http://www.unison.ie/entertainment/stories.php3?ca=312 si=1557525 Did you snog? No, I scored, you muppet] mdash; Irish Independent newspaper article, 8 February 2006.] ) is a derogatory term for a member of a working… … Wikipedia
cackleberry — /kak euhl ber ee/, n., pl. cackleberries. Facetious. a hen s egg used for food. [1915 20; CACKLE + BERRY] * * * … Universalium
cackle — early 13c., imitative (see CACHINNATION (Cf. cachinnation)).; perhaps partly based on M.Du. kake jaw. As a noun, from 1670s. Cackleberries, slang for eggs is first recorded 1880 … Etymology dictionary
cackleberry — n. an egg. (Old.) □ You want cackleberries for breakfast? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
cackleberry — /kak euhl ber ee/, n., pl. cackleberries. Facetious. a hen s egg used for food. [1915 20; CACKLE + BERRY] … Useful english dictionary
