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yolker

yolker noun: an egg with the specified number of yolks.

Noun

yolker (plural yolkers)

  1. (in-compounds) An egg with the specified number of yolks.
    • One bird of the string, a black Orpington-White Leghorn cross, produced two giant-sized triple yolkers within a period of a few days. The outsize eggs were almost identical in size and shape, and together weighed 330 grams.1976, The Poultry Farmer, volume 44
    • Some ships came in with supplies the other day and among the supplies were fresh cold storage eggs. I had two sunny side up with bacon (both my eggs were double yolkers), the first real breakfast I've had since I left the states.1992, Bernard W. Peterson, Briny to the blue: memoirs of WWII, page 219

Forms of yolker

pluralyolkers

Origin of yolker

From yolk + -er.

Questions about yolker

What does yolker mean?
Yolker means an egg with the specified number of yolks.
What part of speech is yolker?
Yolker is a noun.
What is the plural of yolker?
The plural of yolker is yolkers.

Words near yolker in the dictionary

  1. yolk plug
  2. yolk plugs
  3. yolk sac
  4. yolk sacs
  5. yolked
  6. yolker
  7. yolkers
  8. yolkier
  9. yolkiest
  10. yolkiness
  11. yolkless

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