eggman

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noun

A man who delivers eggs.

UncommonScrabble 10

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nouneggman (plural eggmen)

plural eggmen

  1. A man who delivers eggs.

    "There's no reason now," said the eggman, gazing at her.

    1968, Donald Richie, Companions of the holiday
    2 more examples

    Every few weeks, Mr. Farber the eggman would visit us in our third-floor, East Bronx apartment. He delivered eggs and collected premiums for Workmen's Circle life insurance policies.

    2010, Burt Alpert, Rachmones: The Passion of Hebraic Empathy, A History, →ISBN, page 79

    Pullets became hens in the henhouse, producing eggs that Kate swapped at Henry's for coffee and salt, or that Kate collected in egg cartons in the toolshed for the Boston eggman to pick up every two weeks, fresh eggs.

    2012, Donald Hall, Life Work, →ISBN

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