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unegged

unegged adjective: prepared without egg.

Adjective

unegged (not comparable)

  1. Prepared without egg.
    • Put a layer of grated ham or tongue on the unegged side of 1 piece, and lay on that the unegged side of another, joining the 2 pieces, and brown these sandwiches in the oven. Serve on spinach with roast fowl.1909, Lady Charlotte Coltman Clark, Catherine Frances Frere, The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie, page 210
  2. Not pelted with eggs.
    • Yeah, she's suspicious. She left when none of her work was destroyed—why? And why was her stuff left unegged at all?2017, Jessica Payseur, Yolks on You Box Set

Origin of unegged

From un- + egged.

Questions about unegged

What does unegged mean?
Unegged means prepared without egg.
What part of speech is unegged?
Unegged is an adjective.

Words near unegged in the dictionary

  1. unefficient
  2. uneffigiated
  3. uneffused
  4. uneffusive
  5. unegalitarian
  6. unegged
  7. unegoistic
  8. unegoistical
  9. unegoistically
  10. unegotism
  11. unegotistical

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