egg cup
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"It only takes a half an egg cup of water to block a service pipe," she said.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2022
We may not be able to own a diamond-encrusted tiara or a robe trimmed in ermine, but we can get an Elizabeth letter opener or a Prince Charles and Princess Diana egg cup.
From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2022
Rising above the keepsakes is a gleaming silver-and-blue urn, shaped like an oversize egg in an egg cup.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2022
Then they arrived at an elegant and perfect solution: A tall rubber egg cup that allows tiny, clumsy children to experience the pleasure of winning.
From Slate • May 23, 2018
On the middle cushion of the middle sofa is an egg cup, five times life-sized, with a broken eggshell in it.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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