dropped egg

American  

noun

New England.

1. a poached egg.

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Etymology

Origin of dropped egg

First recorded in 1820–25

Example Sentences

One called her medicine dropper, and another drop-cake, and another dropped egg, and so on; and away they all went into the house, laughing and shouting and tumbling over each other.

From Hildegarde's Neighbors by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe

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.

Arrange on each a dropped egg, and pour around mushroom sauce.

From Stevenson Memorial Cook Book by Various

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

But a superficial inquiry convinced me that the egg was not properly a dropped egg at all.

From One Third Off by Sarg, Tony