Scotch woodcock

American  

noun

1. toast spread with anchovy paste and topped with loosely scrambled eggs.

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Scotch woodcock British  

noun

1. hot toast spread with anchovies or anchovy paste and topped with creamy scrambled eggs

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Etymology

Origin of Scotch woodcock

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Use any of the cheese mixtures given for Scotch woodcock, mock crab, &c.

From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)

Bordeaux will be ransacked for pigeons, Scotland for Scotch woodcock, Wales for rabbits, Sardinia for sardines, and Turkey for rhubarb.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 15, 1890 by Various

"Early Scotch woodcock, I suppose," says I, sportively alluding to the proverb.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 26, 1892 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

Accordingly the Patron's rhapsodies fell on impatient ears, and when he continued his importunities over the Scotch woodcock and ale, the Painter was impelled to express the sense of the meeting.

From The Collectors by Mather, Frank Jewett