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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, eggbeater, egg-binding, egg-bound, egg case
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British Dictionary definitions for egg and spoon race
egg-and-spoon race
noun
a race in which runners carry an egg balanced in a spoon
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