egg 'n bread

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sat Aug 10 16:46:10 UTC 2013


On Aug 9, 2013, at 3:52 PM, David Barnhart wrote:

> I saw nothing in eOED, DARE, DAE or DA for "eggs fixed in a hole in the
> bread."  _Eggs in a basket_ appears in DARE but for "a hand movement in the
> children's game of jacks."
>
>
I've lost track of this thread, but has anyone mentioned the research at the relevant wiki site,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_in_the_basket  ?

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