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egg roll
[ eg-rohl ]
/ ˈɛg ˌroʊl /
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noun
(in Chinese–American cuisine) a thin cylindrical casing of wheat–and–egg dough filled with a shredded mixture of cabbage, bamboo shoots, meat or shrimp, etc., and fried in deep fat.
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Origin of egg roll
First recorded in 1935–40
Words nearby egg roll
egg membrane, eggnog, egg on, egg on one's face, have, eggplant, egg roll, egg rolling, egg sac, eggs Benedict, egg-shaped, eggshell
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British Dictionary definitions for egg roll
egg roll
noun
a Chinese-American dish consisting of egg dough filled with a minced mixture of pork, bamboo shoots, onions, etc, and browned in deep fat
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