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gashouse egg

gashouse egg noun: synonym of egg in a hole.

Noun

gashouse egg (plural gashouse eggs)

  1. Synonym of egg in a hole.
    • She [Dorothy Roe] is sure that the original perpetrator of tihs^([sic]) gastronomic wonder was Adolphe Menjou and that in one scene he said, “Now we’ll make Gashouse Eggs,” and proceeded to do so. These Winkeyes, Bullseyes, One-Eyed Connollys or plain Gashouse Eggs are wonderful, particularly...1947 December 4, Cecily Brownstone, “Snack-Happy Yule Eats For The Teens”, in Bristol News Bulletin, volume 21, number 8374, Bristol, Va.–Tenn., page eight
    • We made gas[-]house eggs.1959 February 5, “Girl Scout Brownies Meet with Mrs. Herout”, in Bloomfield Monitor, 69th year, number 10, Bloomfield, Neb., page four
    Synonyms:
    egg in a hole

Examples of gashouse egg in a sentence

  • She [Dorothy Roe] is sure that the original perpetrator of tihs^([sic]) gastronomic wonder was Adolphe Menjou and that in one scene he said, “Now we’ll make Gashouse Eggs,” and proceeded to do so.1947 December 4, Cecily Brownstone, “Snack-Happy Yule Eats For The Teens”, in Bristol News Bulletin, volume 21, number 8374, Bristol...
  • When my kids were little I made them “gashouse eggs.” Take the center out of a slice of bread, making a round hole in the middle.1980, Barbara Edelstein, The Woman Doctor’s Diet for Teen-Age Girls, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., →ISBN, page 212:
  • Later, George Lessey cheers their sagging plans with his recipe for gashouse eggs—eggs fried in bread slices that have had their centers cut out.1987, Lorna Woodsum Riley, Movie Lover’s Cookbook: Reel Meals, Wallace-Homestead Book Company, →ISBN, page 7:
  • Breakfast: milk, grape juice, gashouse eggs1989 September 15, “Lunch Menus”, in Chadron Record, 105th year, number 104, Chadron, Neb., page 4:

Synonyms of gashouse egg

Forms of gashouse egg

pluralgashouse eggs
alternative formgas-house egg

Questions about gashouse egg

What does gashouse egg mean?
Gashouse egg means synonym of egg in a hole.
How do you use gashouse egg in a sentence?
She [Dorothy Roe] is sure that the original perpetrator of tihs^([sic]) gastronomic wonder was Adolphe Menjou and that in one scene he said, “Now we’ll make Gashouse Eggs,” and proceeded to do so.
What part of speech is gashouse egg?
Gashouse egg is a noun.
What is the plural of gashouse egg?
The plural of gashouse egg is gashouse eggs.

Words near gashouse egg in the dictionary

  1. Gashis
  2. gashly
  3. gasholder
  4. gasholders
  5. gashouse
  6. gashouse egg
  7. gashouse eggs
  8. gashouses
  9. gashy
  10. gasiferous
  11. gasifiability

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