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scrambled eggs

 
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–noun
1. eggs cooked in a pan while stirring, usually after the whites and yolks have been mixed together, sometimes with milk.
2. Military Slang. military gold braid, esp. that decorating the brim of an officer's hat.
Origin:
1860–65
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scram·bled eggs   (skrām'bəld)
pl.n.  

  1. Eggs with the yolks and whites beaten together and cooked to a firm but soft consistency.

  2. Slang The gold braid worn on the bill of the cap of a field-grade officer in the armed services.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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scrambled eggs

  1. n.
    rank insignia on a military officer's uniform. : I know his rank is high because of the “scrambled eggs,” but I don't know how high.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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