scrambled eggs


plural 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, especially that decorating the brim of an officer's hat.

Origin of scrambled eggs

1
First recorded in 1860–65

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How to use scrambled eggs in a sentence

  • I took her a basketful of fresh eggs, and she promised me some waffles and scrambled eggs.

  • When one rose jaded from a sultry night she felt it was not the time for codfish cakes or scrambled eggs.

    Living on a Little | Caroline French Benton
  • When, in a circular fashion, he rotated his hand we thought he meant scrambled eggs.

    Fibble, D. D. | Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
  • scrambled eggs came next, simple, but deliciously done, as her friend showed her.

  • The supper was a simple one, consisting of corn pone and buttermilk, bacon and scrambled eggs.