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egg in a hole

egg in a hole noun: an egg fried in a hole in a slice of bread.

egg in a hole: an egg fried in a hole in a slice of bread
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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
    • […] Padma Lakshmi prevents hangovers with an “egg in a hole” before bed; […]2012, Alyssa Shelasky, Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs In and Out of the Kitchen, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 220

Examples of egg in a hole in a sentence

  • Archie had an egg in a hole with two cups of tea for breakfast.2016, Alex W MacLeod, chapter 8, in The Tracks: A Refuge, →ISBN, page 119:
  • Believe it or not, I had never eaten an “egg in a hole” until much later in life—like, in-my-thirties later.2019, Waylynn Lucas, Sunny-Side Up: More Than 100 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes from the Essential Egg to the Perfect Pastry, New York, N.Y....

Synonyms of egg in a hole

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Forms of egg in a hole

pluraleggs in a hole
alternative formegg-in-a-hole
alternative formegg-in-the-hole

Questions about egg in a hole

What does egg in a hole mean?
Egg in a hole means an egg fried in a hole in a slice of bread.
How do you use egg in a hole in a sentence?
Archie had an egg in a hole with two cups of tea for breakfast.
What part of speech is egg in a hole?
Egg in a hole is a noun.
What is the plural of egg in a hole?
The plural of egg in a hole is eggs in a hole.

Words near egg in a hole in the dictionary

  1. Egg Harbor
  2. Egg Harbor City
  3. egg hunt
  4. egg hunts
  5. egg in a basket
  6. egg in a hole
  7. egg in a nest
  8. egg in one's beer
  9. egg in the basket
  10. Egg Lagoon
  11. egg matza

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