eggs Benedict

[ egz-ben-i-dikt ]

/ ˈɛgz ˈbɛn ɪ dɪkt /

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noun (sometimes lowercase)

a dish consisting of toast or toasted halves of English muffin covered with a thin slice of fried or broiled ham, poached eggs, and a topping of hollandaise sauce.

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Origin of eggs Benedict

First recorded in 1925–30; allegedly after a patron of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, for whom the dish was first made (in some accounts, by Oscar Tschirky (1866–1950), the hotel's maître d')

Words nearby eggs Benedict

egg on one's face, have, eggplant, egg roll, egg rolling, egg sac, eggs Benedict, egg-shaped, eggshell, eggshell porcelain, egg slice, egg spoon

How to use eggs Benedict in a sentence

The quandary of whether to freeze eggs or not could become irrelevant overnight.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A woman typically starts her life with millions of eggs but only 400 or so will ever undergo ovulation.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
At present, not every woman is young enough, fertile enough, or healthy enough to have a baby using her own eggs or her own womb.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
After 50 years, members of the Huna Tlingit people can finally collect harvest sea gull eggs again in Glacier National Park.
Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive|Ben Jacobs|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Bergoglio ran second to Joseph Ratzinger, who became Benedict XVI.
How Pope Francis Became the World’s BFF|Jason Berry|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Eggs and nestlings were found lying on the bare soil at the inner ends of the burrows; no nesting material was found.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
The inner ends of the burrows were enlarged with a depression in the floor, where the eggs were laid.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
Our youngest benedict was not more than eighteen years of age, and his salary only £45 a year.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
You would laugh if you should see the strings of eggs hanging across this pony's back—yes, eggs.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
Thus a straw rope enclosing twenty or more eggs, well protected, was made and thrown over the top of the load.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike

British Dictionary definitions for eggs Benedict

eggs Benedict

pl n

a dish consisting of toast, covered with a slice of ham, poached egg, and hollandaise sauce

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