Meanings
plural chucky eggs
- UKregionalA chicken egg, especially a boiled egg.
And we'll have chucky eggs for dinner and chicken for our tea.
1986, British Homing World2 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, →ISBNSo, 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 - UKregionalA term of affection.
“Hello, chucky egg,” I said.
2013, Marie Browne, Narrow Escape, Accent Press Ltd, →ISBN2 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 80How 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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