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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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Origin of egg timer
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby egg timer
eggshell, eggshell porcelain, egg slice, egg spoon, egg stone, egg timer, egg tooth, egg white, Egham, egis, eglandular
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How to use egg timer in a sentence
The dining room has moved to the property’s courtyard, a tented and heated environment where egg timers help servers track the length of disinfecting procedures between seatings.
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
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