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egg timer

noun

  1. a small hourglass or clock device running about three to five minutes, used to time the boiling of an egg.


egg timer

noun

  1. a device, typically a miniature hourglass, for timing the boiling of an egg
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of egg timer1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

The dining room has moved to the property’s courtyard, a tented and heated environment where egg timers help servers track the length of disinfecting procedures between seatings.

My spirits, which had risen momentarily from their classic depths, sank like the sands of an egg-timer.

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