rotten egg


see under bad egg.

Words Nearby rotten egg

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How to use rotten egg in a sentence

  • It was added in minute quantities to hide a sulfurous rotten-egg smell in the wine.

    The Great Wine Cover-up | Keith Wallace | August 18, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • It was the picture, still unscarred, but with a great streak of rotten egg across the plain, placid features.

    The Witness | Grace Livingston Hill Lutz
  • I hate the sight of a coward worse than I hate the smell of a rotten egg.'

  • He could not be self-confident, energetic, witty, and good-humoured with a rotten egg drying through his clothes.

    Doctor Thorne | Anthony Trollope
  • In the classes of spoiled eggs, of which we have thus far spoken, the proverbial rotten egg has not been considered.

    The Dollar Hen | Milo M. Hastings