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an egg's age

an egg's age noun: a very long time.

Noun

an egg's age

  1. (US, dated, slang) A very long time.
    • Nothing about my natural charms no more, an egg's age since anybody had called me to 1 side and whispered "I got a T. L. for you. Gertie thinks your ears is immense."1922, Thomas Lansing Masson, Our American Humorists, page 201
    • As entertaining a book as you will find in an egg's age.1928, New York Herald Tribune Books, volume 4, numbers 1-11, page 21

Questions about an egg's age

What does an egg's age mean?
An egg's age means a very long time.
What part of speech is an egg's age?
An egg's age is a noun.

Words near an egg's age in the dictionary

  1. an apple a day keeps the doctor at bay
  2. an apple a day keeps the doctor away
  3. an arm and a leg
  4. an army marches on its stomach
  5. An Dương
  6. an egg's age
  7. an Englishman's home is his castle
  8. an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
  9. an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
  10. An Giang
  11. an hero

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