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dropped egg

American  

noun

New England.
  1. a poached egg.


Etymology

Origin of dropped egg

First recorded in 1820–25


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Serve a dropped egg with one tablespoon tomato purée.

From The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes by Lewis Webb Hill

But a superficial inquiry convinced me that the egg was not properly a dropped egg at all.

From One Third Off by Tony Sarg

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 Tony Sarg

Arrange on each a dropped egg, and pour around mushroom sauce.

From Stevenson Memorial Cook Book by Various

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 George Brehm

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