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pouched egg

pouched egg is the misspelling of poached egg.

Meaning of poached egg

Noun

poached egg (plural poached eggs)

  1. An egg that has been cooked by gently breaking it into simmering or very hot water.
    • With adolescent perversity, he turned up his nose at all of the elegant French items on the Closerie's menu and scandalized the waitron by demanding corned-beef hash—fried extra crisp—with poached eggs, a slice of fresh papaya with lime, banana-walnut bread, and a pitcher of Mexican chocolate.1992, Julian May, Jack the Bodiless, Knopf, →ISBN, →OL
    Synonyms:
    dropped egg

Forms of pouched egg

pluralpouched eggs

Questions about pouched egg

What is pouched egg the misspelling of?
Pouched egg is the misspelling of poached egg.

Words near pouched egg in the dictionary

  1. poubelle
  2. pouch
  3. Pouch Cove
  4. pouch of Morison
  5. pouched
  6. pouched egg
  7. pouched eggs
  8. pouched lamprey
  9. pouched lampreys
  10. pouched mice
  11. pouched mouse

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