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Definition of Egg cup
1. Noun. Dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg.
Definition of Egg cup
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of eggcup) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Egg Cup
Literary usage of Egg cup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1823)
"•which is then fastened to the breakfast-table, and allows the egg- cup to be
inclined in any direction ; the upper part of the egg-cup takes off, ..."
2. Seed Thoughts for Public Speakers by Arthur Tappan Pierson (1900)
"You leave your little silver spoon an hour in your egg- cup, and it is coated
with a compound of sulphur. Why is that sulphur there ? ..."
3. The Sunday at Home: A Family Magazine for Sabbath Reading by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1880)
"The new egg-cup had split into two bits, and the yellow • :: had rolled ...
Harry looked through his tears at his mother, and then stared it the egg-cup. ..."
4. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1895)
"In preparing an egg for a patient it is best to use an egg cup, ... In boiling
an egg for an invalid it should be put into an egg-cup so as to see the ..."
5. The Wood Turner's Handybook: A Practical Manual for Workers at the Lathe by Paul Nooncree Hasluck (1901)
"The accompanying illustrations show an egg-cup in process of conversion from the
... Illustrations are also given of an egg-cup stand, and the whole may be ..."
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