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eggs in a hole

eggs in a hole is the plural of egg in a hole.

Meaning of 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

Questions about eggs in a hole

What is eggs in a hole the plural of?
Eggs in a hole is the plural of egg in a hole.

Words near eggs in a hole in the dictionary

  1. eggs cochon
  2. eggs Drumkilbo
  3. eggs Florentine
  4. eggs Hussarde
  5. eggs in a basket
  6. eggs in a hole
  7. eggs in baskets
  8. eggs in moonshine
  9. eggs in one's beer
  10. eggs in the basket
  11. eggs Neptune

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