scrambled egg

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scrambled egg

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The gold braid sense is by fancied resemblance to the literal sense, with irreverence implied.

noun scrambled eggs

  1. countable, plural normally, uncountable A dish made by beating and cooking eggs, sometimes mixed with milk, and typically stirred while cooking.
  2. countable, plural normally, slang, uncountable The gold braid worn on the cap of an officer in the armed forces or police. A massive POLICE CAPTAIN, spattered with gold braid and scrambled eggs on his hat, with beefy red face and white hair seems furious.

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noun dish

Españolhuevos revueltos, huevos pericos, huevos picados
한국어스크램블드 에그 seukeuraembeuldeu egeu
日本語スクランブルエッグ sukuranburu eggu, スクランブルドエッグ sukuranburudo eggu
中文炒蛋 chǎodàn
Portuguêsovos mexidos
Françaisœuf brouillé
DeutschRührei
Italianouova strapazzate
Ελληνικάχτυπητά αβγά chtypitá avgá
Русскийяи́чница-болту́нья jaíčnica-boltúnʹja, яи́чница jaíčnica
العربيةبَيْض مَخْفُوق bayḍ maḵfūq
עבריתבֵּיצָה מְקֻשְׁקֶשֶׁת beytza mekushkéshet

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@misc{scrambled_egg_2026,
  title = {scrambled egg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scrambled%20egg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}