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Meanings of dropped egg in English

Egg cooked in gently boiling water.

Synonyms
Examples for "poached egg"
Examples for "poached egg"
1
He made a very good poached egg, which not everyone can achieve.
The Guardian
2
I've had a poached egg and a sausage roll and four meringues.
The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers
3
For breakfast I ordered a poached egg on a piece of toast.
The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
4
Madeline suppressed a shudder as her mother deftly disemboweled the poached egg.
Unfinished desires: a novel
5
Put in the center a poached egg and pour over the sauce Hollandaise.
Many Ways for Cooking Eggs
Usage of dropped egg in English
1
Put a dropped egg in the centre of each slice, and serve very hot.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
2
But a superficial inquiry convinced me that the egg was not properly a dropped egg at all.
One Third Off
3
The back of his head opened like a dropped egg, the shell of his skull flying off.
Complete Books of Blood
4
No mount of piety along Sixth Avenue will accept it in pawn, no Hartford Lunch will exchange it for corned beef hash and dropped egg.
Shandygaff / A number of most agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life &...
5
"A dropped egg and a slice of toast, with a glass of milk, will perhaps be forthcoming as quickly as any-thing-
Katherine's Sheaves
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