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twenty-minute eggs

twenty-minute eggs is the plural of twenty-minute egg.

Meaning of twenty-minute egg

Noun

twenty-minute egg (plural twenty-minute eggs)

  1. (dated, slang) A very hard-boiled person; one who is tough and unsentimental
    • He was a twenty-minute egg, according to your grandfather, and such men are not soon forgotten.1932, Peter B. Kyne, Lord of Lonely Valley

Questions about twenty-minute eggs

What is twenty-minute eggs the plural of?
Twenty-minute eggs is the plural of twenty-minute egg.

Words near twenty-minute eggs in the dictionary

  1. twenty-fourmos
  2. twenty-fours
  3. twenty-fourth
  4. twenty-fourths
  5. twenty-minute egg
  6. twenty-minute eggs
  7. twenty-nail dystrophy
  8. twenty-nine
  9. twenty-niner
  10. twenty-niners
  11. twenty-ninth

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