eggcup

[ eg-kuhp ]

noun

1. a small cup or bowl for serving a boiled egg.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eggcup¹

First recorded in 1825–35; egg ¹ + cup

Example Sentences

He sprinkled it through his fingers ringwise from the chipped eggcup.

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It was an eggcup, and its stem had been mended with plaster.

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And eggcup in hand, he endeavored to imitate Nana, quite forgetting his dignity in his frantic desire to convince the others.

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Muffat seemed busy examining the eggcup, which he was still turning round and about.

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And Muffat was there, eggcup in hand, making a clever use of his suspicions.

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