egg spoon

noun

a small spoon for eating a boiled egg

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Words nearby egg spoon

egg on one's face, have, egg roll, egg rolling, egg sac, egg slice, egg spoon, egg stone, egg timer, egg tooth, egg white, egg-and-spoon race

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Example sentences from the Web for egg spoon

The Rat let his egg-spoon fall on the table-cloth, and sat open-mouthed.
The Wind in the Willows|Kenneth Grahame
Miss Standish laid down her egg-spoon, and sat staring at Winifred.
Flint|Maud Wilder Goodwin
With no premonition of what was to come she took her egg-spoon and cracked her egg, an egg laid by one of her own hens.
The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent|S.M. Hussey
The words: "God forbid," sprang to Pierson's lips; he did not speak them, but put his egg-spoon down, hurt and bewildered.
Saint's Progress|John Galsworthy

I've forgotten an egg-spoon, and I don't know where such things are kept.
The House 'Round the Corner|Gordon Holmes

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