eggel

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noun

A bagel sandwich with an egg filling.

Scrabble 7

Meanings

nouneggel (plural eggels)

plural eggels

  1. A bagel sandwich with an egg filling.

    Try out the combo meals or even the eggels.

    2018 March 2, Anastasia Carter, Eve Gross, “Best Restaurants In The 419”, in The Student Prints, Sylvania Northview High School, page 14
    2 more examples

    Ron Allen and his wife, Libby, were enjoying their favorite breakfast, the eggel, an egg on bagel.

    2015 August 16, E. B. Furgurson III, “Chick and Ruth's Delly: After half a century, it's still about family”, in Capital Gazette

    Our whole menu is offered all day for those who want a lunch sandwich in the morning or an eggel in the afternoon.

    2018, “No. 1 Sandwich Shop...AGAIN!!”, in Minot Daily News Readers' Choice 2018, page 13

Origin

  1. Englishegg
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewgʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰowgʰ-o-s
  4. Proto-Germanic*baugaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*baug
  6. Old High Germanboug
  7. Middle High Germanbouc
  8. Yiddishבייגל (beygl)
  9. Englishbagel
  10. Englisheggel

Blend of egg + bagel.

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APA

eggel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eggel

MLA

“eggel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eggel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eggel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eggel.

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