Meaning of eggspoon | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“[…] / But he must eat⟳ his egg, as we eat⟳ ours, / Without the help⟳ of egg-cup, in his fingers / Holding it canny, wrapt in snow-white napkin; / Nor for gold-lackered eggspoons let⟳ him hope⟳ / In the Tiról; appurtenances those / To make⟳ the musty London egg go down, / As pews and velvet cushions and gilt prayerbooks, / And litanies and sacraments and credos, / To clothe the nakedness of venal Christ.”

“The young men sat down to break⟳ their fast. Lo and behold, there were no eggspoons! The little hand-bell was smartly rung, but the servant turned a deaf ear to it (she had no other.) After two or three repetitions of the tintinabulating process⟳ the waitress arrived, probably congratulating herself that she had attended so promptly, and quite unconscious of the fact that she had been in such demand⟳. The request⟳ was made for eggspoons.”

“She compromised by saying nothing, rescuing one of her silver eggspoons that Lola was just about to attack with a pot-scourer.”

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