egg rolling

American  

noun

1. a contest or race in which eggs are rolled over a lawn, using a spoon or paddle, most commonly held as a children's entertainment during the Easter season.

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Example Sentences

A Preston Council spokesperson said egg rolling in Preston dated back "more than 150 years and is a well-established tradition, regularly attracting 30,000 visitors each year".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

One of the banned activities that was popular with kids at the time, egg rolling, moved two years later to the White House lawn, where an enthusiastic President Rutherford B. Hayes began a tradition.

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2017

The White House has been yoked to the egg rolling event since 1878, when Rutherford B Hayes invited some children to propel eggs across the White House’s south lawn.

From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 2017

Back in the 1870s, the hottest trend among Victorian kids was egg rolling.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2017

"The egg shortage notwithstand, the Easter egg rolling carnival at Preston, which dates back to mediaeval times, was, after a lapse of four years, celebrated with great musto."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 30, 1919 by Various