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laundry egg

noun

Etymology

From laundry + egg.

  1. derived from *h₂eḱ-✻ — “sharp”
  2. derived from *agjō✻ — “a corner; an edge”
  3. derived from eggja — “to incite, egg on”
  4. inherited from eggian — “to egg, excite”
  5. inherited from eggen — “to urge on; to entice, incite, lure, tempt; to encourage, exhort, stimulate; (reflexive) to bestir (oneself); to challenge, taunt; to enrage, irritate”
  6. compounded as laundry egg — “laundry + egg”

Definitions

  1. An egg-shaped object used to clean clothes, using mineral pellets, as a substitute for…

    An egg-shaped object used to clean clothes, using mineral pellets, as a substitute for laundry detergent.

The neighborhood

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