thunder egg
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of thunder egg
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Steve Manford, who works at clothes shop Thunder Egg, said the arcade had had "a renaissance" in recent times.
From BBC
“It was like a thunder egg,” he says.
From Seattle Times
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