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单词 egg and spoon race
释义

egg and spoon race


noun

a novelty race in which contestants each carry an egg in a spoon to the finish line, the winner being the first to finish without dropping or breaking the egg.

Origin of egg and spoon race

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby egg and spoon race

egesta, egestion, egg, egg albumin, egg and dart, egg and spoon race, egg apparatus, eggbeater, egg-binding, egg-bound, egg case
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British Dictionary definitions for egg and spoon race

egg-and-spoon race

noun

a race in which runners carry an egg balanced in a spoon
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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