| 单词 | double-yolker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdouble-yolker With modifying word. An egg with a specified number of yolks, as double-yolker, one-yolker, triple-yolker, etc. ΚΠ 1863 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 30 Nov. He..started back, exclaiming ‘My gracious! its [sic] a double yolker.’ 1895 Goshen (Indiana) Times 16 May 6/2 She often lays double yolked eggs and her latest effort resulted in a three yolker of goose egg proportions. 1937 Life 26 Apr. 87/3 (caption) Mitchell hens also lay triple-yolkers running to 50 oz. a dozen. 1952 Bayard (Iowa) News 6 Mar. 2/1 Be anxious to see if they are two or three yolkers, they just couldn't possible [sic] be ordinary one yolkers and be as large as these. 1995 G. Damerow Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens 144 No-yolkers are called ‘dwarf’ or ‘wind’ eggs. They most often occur as a pullet's first effort. 2015 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Nexis) 17 Aug. 8 A diner was delighted to find his pub lunch of ham, egg and chips featured both a double yolker and a triple yolker. < as lemmas |
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