egg and spoon race


noun
  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1890–95

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How to use egg and spoon race in a sentence

  • Represented Persia in the Olympic Games of 1072, winning the sitting high-jump and the egg-and-spoon race.

    Jill the Reckless | P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
  • There were a round at clock-golf, a skipping tournament, an egg-and-spoon race, and an archery contest.

    The Manor House School | Angela Brazil
  • I had just one minute in which to do the quarter-mile; but my forte is the egg-and-spoon race, and I missed the train handsomely.

  • The first event was the egg-and-spoon race, which was decided in the following way.

    Bill the Minder | W. Heath Robinson

British Dictionary definitions for egg-and-spoon race

egg-and-spoon race

noun
  1. a race in which runners carry an egg balanced in a spoon

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