cackleberry en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkakl̩bɛɹi/ (UK)
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From cackle + berry, from the sound of a hen and the rounded shape of an egg.
Meanings
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(archaic, slang) An egg.
He had returned with a chipped bowl full of hen's eggs. ‘Nice fresh cackleberries for your mum and dad.’
1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 254:Kestrels they hunted down for their clusters of mottled cackleberries.
2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 218:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cackleberries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |