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Sep. 24, 2016
cackleberry\KAK-uh l-ber-ee\noun
1. Facetious. a hen's egg used for food.
Quotes"This cackle-berry's got a double yolk." She scowled at the
thing. "I don't remember right off if that's a good sign or a bad one."
-- James D. Doss, The Witch's Tongue, 2004
Origin of cackleberryCackleberry is formed on the basis of the
onomatopoeic verb cackle meaning "to utter a shrill, broken sound or
cry, as of a hen." The slang term arose in the U.S. in the early
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