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Hard-boiled egg   /hɑrd-bɔɪld ɛg/   Listen
Hard-boiled egg

noun
1.
An egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify.  Synonym: hard-cooked egg.






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"Hard-boiled egg" Quotes from Famous Books



... Hutchinson wrote somewhere: "When you have read a sonnet, you feel that though there does not seem to be much of it, you have done a good deal, as when you have eaten a cold hard-boiled egg." Still people keep on writing sonnets, because the sonnet is wholly serious. In an English sonnet you cannot easily be flippant of pen. A few great poets have written immortal sonnets—among them are Milton, Wordsworth, ...
— Ballads in Blue China and Verses and Translations • Andrew Lang

... prayers were read to the family and household soon after 9 o'clock daily. His customary breakfast was comprised of a hard-boiled egg, a slice of tongue, dry toast and tea. The whole morning whether at home or on a visit was devoted to business. Luncheon at Hawarden was without formality. "Lunch was on the hob," for several hours, to be partaken ...
— The Grand Old Man • Richard B. Cook



Words linked to "Hard-boiled egg" :   coddled egg, Easter egg, boiled egg



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