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das Nest  nest (birds, etc.); hideout, lair; home; small town, one-horse town; dump, hole

Er hat früher in einem Nest irgendwo in Sachsen gelebt.
He use to live in a one-horse town somewhere in Saxony.
Raus aus dem Nest!
Rise and shine!

Related: ein Nest von Dieben a den of thieves, das eigene Nest beschmutzen to foul one's own nest

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