: a cup for holding an egg that is to be eaten from the shell
Examples of eggcup in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebPerch both on an eggcup and fill with an Easter treat.—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2023 Miss Manners lives in dread of the time when there may be no such artifacts and she will be left staring at her eggcup and perhaps at people who are staring at their devices.—Judith Martin, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2019 Miss Manners lives in dread of the time when there may be no such artifacts and she will be left staring at her eggcup, and perhaps at people who are staring at their devices.—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2019 For a breakfast or lunch table, fill eggcups with daisies, and place one cup at each setting.
2.—Maggie O'Neill, Good Housekeeping, 7 May 2015
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