rotten egg
see under bad egg.
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How to use rotten egg in a sentence
It was added in minute quantities to hide a sulfurous rotten-egg smell in the wine.
It was the picture, still unscarred, but with a great streak of rotten egg across the plain, placid features.
The Witness | Grace Livingston Hill LutzI hate the sight of a coward worse than I hate the smell of a rotten egg.'
VC -- A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea | David Christie MurrayHe could not be self-confident, energetic, witty, and good-humoured with a rotten egg drying through his clothes.
Doctor Thorne | Anthony TrollopeIn the classes of spoiled eggs, of which we have thus far spoken, the proverbial rotten egg has not been considered.
The Dollar Hen | Milo M. Hastings
If he lets go his hold, he is called "rotten egg," which is regarded as a highly ignominious name.
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