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Nest-egg

,—a snug sinecure place under Government, capable of improvement by extortion and fraud; such as Admiral of the Cinque Ports, 4000l. a year, Keeper of the King’s Hawks, 1374l. a year, &c. &c. &c. too tedious and too disgraceful to mention.

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Entry taken from A Political Dictionary, by Charles Pigott, 1795.

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Nest-egg