dial. [f. EGG sb., ? after pedlar or higgler.] An egg-dealer and poulterer.
1791. Census (Mertoun), in Stat. Acc. Sc. (1795), XIV. 589. Weavers 4, Clothier 1, Egglers 2.
1870. Daily News, 6 Jan., 3/4. But his chief profession is that of an ‘eggler,’ that is, he used to buy eggs and forward them in large quantities to England.
1880. Daily News, 11 Nov., 6/6. They do not even eat the eggs, but sell them to an ‘eggler.’
1881. Supp. Oxford Gloss., Eggler, a poulterer.
