eggcup

American  

[eg-kuhp] / ˈɛgˌkʌp /

noun

1. a small cup or bowl for serving a boiled egg.

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Etymology

Origin of eggcup

First recorded in 1825–35; egg ¹ + cup

Example Sentences

But what caught the popular imagination were the giant breakfast eggcups on the roof overlooking the canal.

From BBC

Perhaps, though, I expect too much from my eggcups.

From The Guardian

Mutti brings him two soft-boiled eggs in blue eggcups and a thick slice of rye toast.

From Literature

On the way back, he spotted the rarest and most delicate object in the wild, an old hummingbird’s nest, fragile and expertly woven, smaller than an eggcup.

From Literature

Writing in the Chicago Tribune, columnist Ron Grossman said the library “evokes a soft-boiled egg in a giant eggcup.”

From Washington Times