Meanings
nounegg cosy (plural egg cosies)
plural egg cosies · alternative eggcosy · alternative egg-cosy · alternative egg cozy · alternative egg-cozy
- A small cover made of wool or other material and designed to be placed over a boiled egg to keep it warm.
You lucky girl! Granny's knitted you an egg cosy for your birthday!
1 more example
And when whe woke again he reappeared in a plastic incubator wearing an absurd little knitted cap like an egg cosy.
2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 194
Translations
Dutch eiermutsje, eiermuts
- eiermutsjeinsulating cover placed over a boiled egg
- eiermutsinsulating cover placed over a boiled egg
Finnish munanlämmitin
- munanlämmitininsulating cover placed over a boiled egg
French couvre-œuf
- couvre-œufinsulating cover placed over a boiled egg
German Eierwärmer
- Eierwärmerinsulating cover placed over a boiled egg
Polish ogrzewacz na jajko
- ogrzewacz na jajkoinsulating cover placed over a boiled egg
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