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

Oh, yes," says I. "That's as plain as a dropped egg on a plate of hash.

From Side-stepping with Shorty by Ford, Sewell

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

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.

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.

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