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Definition of Scotch egg
1. Noun. Hard-cooked egg encased in sausage meat then breaded and deep-fried.
Definition of Scotch egg
1. Noun. A savoury dish made of a hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat and breadcrumbs ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of Scotch egg) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scotch Egg
Literary usage of Scotch egg
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Steward's Handbook and Guide to Party Catering by Jessup Whitehead (1903)
"... as to be level with meat, have little rounds of buttered toast or fried bread,
place each scotch egg on a round, and serve garnished with fried parsley. ..."
2. Daytrips London by Earl Steinbicker (2003)
"... diced vegetables scotch egg hard-boiled egg covered w/ sausage meat, then
fried Scotch Woodcock scrambled eggs w/ anchovy paste, on toast Semolina cream ..."
3. The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Minister of the Twenty-eighth by Theodore Parker, Frances Power Cobbe (1864)
"... but their parents were Scotch, married in Scotland; tho children were only
born in Virginia. It was the scotch egg of freedom which was ..."
4. The Collected Works of ... P. by Theodore Parker (1864)
"It was the scotch egg of freedom which was brooded over only in the Virginia nest
of slaveholders—and it was not a slaveholder which brooded that. ..."
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