egg and spoon race

noun

a novelty race in which contestants each carry an egg in a spoon to the finish line, the winner being the first to finish without dropping or breaking the egg.

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Origin of egg and spoon race

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby egg and spoon race

egesta, egestion, egg, egg albumin, egg and dart, egg and spoon race, egg apparatus, egg case, egg cell, egg cluster, egg coal
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