chucky egg

noun

A chicken egg, especially a boiled egg.

Meanings

nounchucky egg (plural chucky eggs)

plural chucky eggs

  1. UKregionalA chicken egg, especially a boiled egg.

    And we'll have chucky eggs for dinner and chicken for our tea.

    1986, British Homing World
    2 more examples

    Maria was spooning runny egg into Alex's eager little mouth. 'There's a good boy. ...You love your chucky egg don't you?'

    2011, Marilyn Glenn, Our Fragile Lives, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN

    So, anyway, for your chucky egg do you want toast soldiers or bread and butter?

    2016, James C. Lee, The End of the Pier, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN
  2. UKregionalA term of affection.

    “Hello, chucky egg,” I said.

    2013, Marie Browne, Narrow Escape, Accent Press Ltd, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    GORDON. (Almost sadly.) Oh Roy, my poor little chucky egg. No one believes, mate.

    1997, Tim Firth, Neville's Island: A Comedy in Thick Fog, Dramatists Play Service Inc, →ISBN, page 80

    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?

    2015, Jane E. James, The Long Weekend, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN

Origin

Possibly related to chuck (“chicken”).

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