egg cosy en · NOUN
Meanings
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A small cover made of wool or other material and designed to be placed over a boiled egg to keep it warm.
You lucky girl! Granny's knitted you an egg cosy for your birthday!
And when whe woke again he reappeared in a plastic incubator wearing an absurd little knitted cap like an egg cosy.
2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 194:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| egg cosies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| eggcosy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| egg cozy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| egg-cosy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| egg-cozy | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (6)
pl ogrzewacz na jajko (insulating cover placed over a boiled egg) · fr couvre-œuf (insulating cover placed over a boiled egg) · nl eiermuts (insulating cover placed over a boiled egg) · de Eierwärmer (insulating cover placed over a boiled egg) · fi munanlämmitin (insulating cover placed over a boiled egg) · nl eiermutsje (insulating cover placed over a boiled egg)