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egg timer

noun

a small hourglass or clock device running about three to five minutes, used to time the boiling of an egg.

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Words nearby egg timer

egg rolling, egg sac, egg slice, egg spoon, egg stone, egg timer, egg tooth, egg white, egg-and-spoon race, egg-binding, egg-bound

Origin of egg timer

First recorded in 1880–85
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Examples from the Web for egg timer

  • My spirits, which had risen momentarily from their classic depths, sank like the sands of an egg-timer.

    The Blower of Bubbles|Arthur Beverley Baxter

British Dictionary definitions for egg timer

egg timer

noun

a device, typically a miniature hourglass, for timing the boiling of an egg
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012