Definition of "egg-cup" [egg•-cup]

• A cup used for holding an egg, at table. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "She removed the saucer filled with sugar, leaving a few pieces on the table-cloth; Nanon carried off the egg-cup; Madame Grandet sat up like a frightened hare."
• "About that coerogenal hun and his knowing the size of an egg-cup."
• "Wow - your parcel looks really wonderful - and I LOVE the shot of the birdy egg-cup is it even an egg-cup?"