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

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

From One Third Off by Sarg, Tony

Serve a dropped egg with one tablespoon tomato purée.

From The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes by Hill, Lewis Webb

Put a dropped egg in the centre of each slice, and serve very hot.

From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Parloa, Maria

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

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.