egg-in-a-hole

Noun

egg in a hole (plural eggs in a hole)

1. An egg fried in a hole in a slice of bread.
   • One day while I was fooling around, I made a hole in a piece of toast and then cooked an egg in the hole. I thought I had created something fantastic. My friend offered another perspective. “Big deal,” he said. “It’s an egg in a hole.”1993, Michel Richard, Judy Zeidler, Jan Weimer, Michel Richard’s Home Cooking with a French Accent, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 70

   Synonyms:

   bird in a nest, bullseye, egg in a basket, egg in a nest, egg in the basket, framed egg, gashouse egg, hobo egg, one-eyed jack, Rocky Mountain toast