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egghot

egghot noun: a posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale.

Noun

egghot (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale.

Origin of egghot

From egg + hot.

Questions about egghot

What does egghot mean?
Egghot means a posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale.
What part of speech is egghot?
Egghot is a noun.

Words near egghot in the dictionary

  1. eggheaded
  2. eggheadedly
  3. eggheadedness
  4. eggheadery
  5. eggheads
  6. egghot
  7. eggie
  8. eggier
  9. eggies
  10. eggiest
  11. eggily

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