EGG
ADJECTIVES
– ADDLE rotten, putrid; esp. applied to a decayed or barren egg …1856 Eng. dial.
– GILPY of eggs: not quite fresh …B1900 Sc.
– HALF-FRIED of eggs: fried on one side only …1979 India
– IN FULL LAY laying eggs …1885
– QUELPY † having the taste of eggs predominating; eggy …B1900 Eng. dial.
– RARE † of eggs: left soft in cooking …1655
– RATHE † of eggs: left soft in cooking …1684
– UNADDLE † of an egg: not bad …1611
NOUNS
– ALABAMA EGG an egg fried in the hollow centre of a piece of bread …1951 Amer. dial.
– BALL the yolk of an egg …1941 Amer. dial.
– CACKLE an egg …1930s US sl.
– CACKLEBERRIES AND GRUNTS eggs and bacon …1925 Amer. sl.
– CACKLEBERRY an egg used for food …L19 Aust. & US sl.
– CACKLE FRUIT eggs …1966 sl.
– CACKLE JELLY an egg; a serving of eggs …1941 US army sl.
– CACKLER an egg …1930s US criminals’ sl.
– CACKLING-FART an egg …L17 sl.
– CHICKEN BERRY an egg …World War II Amer. sl.
– DEPRESSION EGGS pullets’ eggs, because of their smaller size …1987 Amer. dial.
– DEPTH BOMB an egg …Amer. World War I sl.
– DER UFFS two eggs; (French ‘deux oeufs’) …Amer. World War I sl.
– EGGLET a small egg …1883 nonce word
– EGGLING the business of an ‘eggler’ …1881 Sc.
– EGGS AND COLLOPS fried eggs and bacon or ham …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EGG-SILLER money obtained from the selling of eggs …1922 Sc.
– EIREN † eggs …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– ERF an egg; (French ‘oeuf’) …Amer. World War I sl.
– FARMYARD NUGGET an egg …World War II Amer. sl.
– GAS BOMBS stale eggs …Amer. World War I sl.
– GOODY the yolk of an egg …1942 Amer. dial.
– GOOG an egg …1941 Aust. sl.
– GOOGIE, GOOGY an egg …1904 Aust. sl.
– GOOGIE EGG, GOOGY EGG an egg …1904 Aust. sl.
– HEIFER EGGS small pullet eggs …1950 Amer. dial.
– HEN APPLE an egg …1939 Amer. dial.
– HEN BERRY an egg …1960 Amer. dial.
– HEN FOOD eggs …1950 Amer. dial.
– HEN FRUIT eggs; an egg …1854 Amer. dial.
– KATHIL anything reduced to a pulp; an egg beaten up …Bk1902 Sc.
– LITTER a clutch of eggs …1892 Amer. dial.
– LITTER-EGG a small egg, the last of the ‘litter’ …1892 Amer. dial.
– ONE-EYED SUSAN a fried egg …1950 Amer. dial.
– RED the yolk of an egg …1970 Amer. dial. Black usage
– ROOSTER’S EGG a large egg; a fertilized egg …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– RUMBLE-TUMBLE scrambled eggs …2003 UK sl., orig. military
– SCALDED EGG a poached egg …1934 Amer. dial.
– SCALT EGG a poached egg …1934 Amer. dial.
– SCOTCH PEG an egg …20C rhyming sl.
– SHELLMEAT † edible shellfish; food covered with a shell, as eggs, nuts, etc. …1642
– TREAD the thread-like embryo in an egg …1899 Amer. dial.
– TREADLE the thread-like embryo in an egg …1899 Amer. dial.
– TWO CACKLES WITH THEIR EYES OPEN two fried eggs …1930 Amer. dial.
– TWO DOTS AND A DASH fried eggs and bacon …1910s sl.
– WOODEN LEG an egg …1998 UK rhyming sl.
– YALLER the yolk of an egg …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– YARD EGG a fresh egg …1879 Amer. dial.
– YELK the yolk of an egg …1863 Eng. dial.
– YELLOW the yolk of an egg …1823 Amer. dial.
– YULK the yolk of an egg …1863 Eng. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1305 ► EIRMONGER a dealer in eggs → obs.
1659 ► EGG-WIFE a woman who offers eggs for sale → obs.
1791 ► EGGLER a hawker who collects eggs through the country for sale; a poulterer → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1834 ► EGGER one who gathers seabirds’ eggs to sell for food → Amer. dial.
1900 ► EGG-LATERS persons who used to go about among neighbouring villages to buy up the eggs to send off on market days → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1929 ► EGG-PAULDER an egg merchant → Sc.
PHRASES
L19 ► ADAM AND EVE two poached or fried eggs → sl., orig. US short order usage
L19 ► ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT two poached eggs on toast → sl., orig. US short order usage
L19 ► ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT AND WRECK ‘EM two scrambled eggs on toast → sl., orig. US short order usage
1980 ► PAIR OF BASTARDS ON A RAFT poached eggs on toast → NZ sl.
VERBS
– BULLY to hit boiled eggs together until one breaks …1941 Amer. dial.
– CART to beat or whisk an egg …1953 Amer. dial.
– CAST † to give birth to; to bear young; to lay eggs, to deposit spawn …1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– CAST EGGS to beat them up …a1825
– KEN † of eggs: to hatch out …a1300
– PATCH to pelt with eggs …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PIP of an egg: to crack …1886
– TIRE † to prepare or dress an egg as food …1486
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