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单词 egg coddler
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egg coddler
A vessel used for coddling eggs, typically a porcelain or pottery cup with a lid which can be screwed or clamped down. Also (and in earliest use) more fully egg coddler.Typically, an egg will be broken into the coddler, which is then immersed in water for the desired amount of cooking time; cf. coddle v.1 2.
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1836 Boston Courier 4 Jan. (advt.) Egg Coddlers, for 4, 6, or 8 Eggs with Lamp and Stand.
1880 Man Proposes iii. 33 There was a supply of boiling water ready..to fill the coddler for his eggs.
2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 23 May (Mag.) 83 There are so many things to love, from..the calm, antique-filled bedrooms, to the eggs made in an antique coddler, which are served in the elegant breakfast room.
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