chucky egg
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly related to chuck (“chicken”).
Noun[edit]
chucky egg (plural chucky eggs)
- (UK, regional) A chicken egg, especially a boiled egg.
- 1986, British Homing World:
- And we'll have chucky eggs for dinner and chicken for our tea.
- 2011, Marilyn Glenn, Our Fragile Lives, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN:
- Maria was spooning runny egg into Alex's eager little mouth. 'There's a good boy. ...You love your chucky egg don't you?'
- 2016, James C. Lee, The End of the Pier, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:
- So, anyway, for your chucky egg do you want toast soldiers or bread and butter?
- (UK, regional) A term of affection.
- 1997, Tim Firth, Neville's Island: A Comedy in Thick Fog, Dramatists Play Service Inc, →ISBN, page 80:
- GORDON. (Almost sadly.) Oh Roy, my poor little chucky egg. No one believes, mate.
- 2013, Marie Browne, Narrow Escape, Accent Press Ltd, →ISBN:
- “Hello, chucky egg,” I said.
- 2015, Jane E. James, The Long Weekend, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:
- How could her father have made a princess out of an ordinary living breathing girl, who was so wholly unconnected with her and her family, when she had only ever risen to being a “chucky egg” or a “little ducky” in his eyes?
See also[edit]
- Chuckie Egg on Wikipedia