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  • over 2 years ago treeseed said
    Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime. The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute choc...

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Wiktionary (4 definitions)

    –noun
  1. A dyed or decorated egg, traditionally associated with Easter.
  2. A chocolate confection in the shape of an egg, sometimes with chocolates or sweets inside.
  3. An undocumented function hidden in a program, typically triggered by a particular sequence or combination of keystrokes, such as one that displays a list of the program's developers.
  4. Any similar hidden feature accessible on a DVD movie, etc.

GNU Webster's 1913 (1 definition)

  1. An imitation of an egg, in sugar or some fine material, sometimes made to serve as a box for jewelry or the like, used as an Easter present.

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Easter egg has been looked up 94 times, favorited 0 times, listed once, commented on once, and is not a valid Scrabble word.

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