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egg beater

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egg⋅beat⋅er

[eg-bee-ter]
–noun
1. a small rotary beater for beating eggs, whipping cream, etc.
2. Slang. a helicopter.

Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; egg 1 + beater
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egg-beater

  1. n.
    an outboard boat motor. : My egg-beater has been acting up, so I didn't go out on the lake today.
  2. n.
    a helicopter. (See also rotorhead.) : The egg-beater landed on the hospital roof.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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