dropped egg
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dropped egg
First recorded in 1820–25
Example Sentences
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But Spartanlike I put temptation sternly behind me and told the officiating collegian to bring me plain boiled prunes, coffee with hot milk and saccharin tablets, dry toast and one dropped egg.
From One Third Off by Sarg, Tony
No mount of piety along Sixth Avenue will accept it in pawn, no Hartford Lunch will exchange it for corned beef hash and dropped egg.
From Shandygaff by Morley, Christopher
Oh, yes," says I. "That's as plain as a dropped egg on a plate of hash.
From Side-stepping with Shorty by Ford, Sewell
But a superficial inquiry convinced me that the egg was not properly a dropped egg at all.
From One Third Off by Sarg, Tony
And, say, for a speakin' likeness of a dropped egg that's hit the floor instead of the toast, he was it!
From Torchy by Brehm, George
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