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Columbus egg

Columbus egg noun: a hard-boiled egg cut in half and filled with a mixture of its yolk with ham, cream, and nutmeg.

Noun

Columbus egg (plural Columbus eggs)

  1. A hard-boiled egg cut in half and filled with a mixture of its yolk with ham, cream, and nutmeg.

Forms of Columbus egg

pluralColumbus eggs

Origin of Columbus egg

Presumably in reference to the apocryphal story behind the egg of Columbus, since the eggs in this dish would have their ends crushed to allow them to stand upright like bowls.

Questions about Columbus egg

What does Columbus egg mean?
Columbus egg means a hard-boiled egg cut in half and filled with a mixture of its yolk with ham, cream, and nutmeg.
What part of speech is Columbus egg?
Columbus egg is a noun.
What is the plural of Columbus egg?
The plural of Columbus egg is Columbus eggs.

Words near Columbus egg in the dictionary

  1. Columbu
  2. Columbus
  3. Columbus Channel
  4. Columbus County
  5. Columbus Day
  6. Columbus egg
  7. Columbus eggs
  8. Columbused
  9. Columbuses
  10. Columbusing
  11. columel

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