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eggdrop soup

American  
[eg-drop] / ˈɛgˌdrɒp /

noun

  1. a soup made by stirring beaten eggs egg into a simmering broth.

Etymology

Origin of eggdrop soup

egg 1 + drop

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“She can and wants to learn, but she can’t learn now due to the epidemic,” Ada said in tears, before serving Wendy’s favourite tomato eggdrop soup for lunch at their village home near the border with mainland China.

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