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century eggs

century eggs is the plural of century egg.

Meaning of century egg

Noun

century egg (plural century eggs)

  1. A Chinese delicacy made by preserving a duck, chicken or quail egg in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime and rice hulls for several weeks to several months.
    • Almonds, parched watermelon seeds—esteemed as a great delicacy—spareribs covered with a mixture of molasses sugar, fried fish, chicken livers and century eggs were put on the table at once.1912 November 15, “Chop suey hoax exposed”, in The Mixer & Server, volume 21, number 11, page 35

Questions about century eggs

What is century eggs the plural of?
Century eggs is the plural of century egg.

Words near century eggs in the dictionary

  1. centurium
  2. century
  3. century break
  4. century breaks
  5. century egg
  6. century eggs
  7. century of humiliation
  8. century plant
  9. century plants
  10. century year
  11. century years

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