dropped egg
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dropped egg
First recorded in 1820–25
Example Sentences
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No mount of piety along Sixth Avenue will accept it in pawn, no Hartford Lunch will exchange it for corned beef hash and dropped egg.
From Shandygaff by Morley, Christopher
Now, it is quite impossible to hide the fact of a dropped egg.
From Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers by Emerson, Alice B.
A dropped egg and a slice of toast, with a glass of milk, will perhaps be forthcoming as quickly as any-thing—" "Wait, Phil—don't call anyone.
From Katherine's Sheaves by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.
Serve a dropped egg with one tablespoon tomato purée.
From The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes by Hill, Lewis Webb
And, say, for a speakin' likeness of a dropped egg that's hit the floor instead of the toast, he was it!
From Torchy by Brehm, George
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