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Definition of Eggcups
1. eggcup [n] - See also: eggcup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eggcups
Literary usage of Eggcups
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poet Lore (1907)
"Here was a real countryman, quietly heavy, serious, beside his neat piles of
wooden bowls, ladles, spools and spindles, lace bobbins, eggcups, and dishes of ..."
2. The Daughter of Jorio: A Pastoral Tragedy by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1907)
"... spools and spindles, lace bobbins, eggcups, and dishes of all sizes. These same
the stout hill-women sell throughout Liguria in the gentle winter there, ..."
3. Memories of the Kaiser's Court by Anne Topham (1914)
"The blinds have again been drawn, for no Christmas Tree can do itself justice in
the daylight. The little plates, eggcups and ..."
4. The Bulletin Story Book: A Selection of Stories and Literary Sketches from by Bulletin (Sydney, Alfred George Stephens (1901)
"... some the size of marbles, and others as large as eggcups, and that my new
acquaintance was busily digging out a fresh one with his sheath knife. ..."
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