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Definition of Eggcup
1. Noun. Dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg.
Definition of Eggcup
1. n. A cup used for holding an egg, at table.
Definition of Eggcup
1. Noun. (British) A small dish used to support a boiled egg whilst being eaten. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eggcup
1. a cup from which an egg is eaten [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eggcup
Literary usage of Eggcup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"The tibia (drumstick) of the bird was 30 to 32 inches in length; and the eggs so
large that "a hat would make a good eggcup for them. ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1900)
"... requirements would probably be limited to an eggcup or so. Does not the reason
of the extra difficulty, in so far as it exists, lie rather in the fact ..."
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