Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as egg-tooth.

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Examples

  • Of course, it does not have the egg-breaker and the test laboratory Vita Nuova has.

    CASTRO SPEECH AT VITA NUOVA PASTA FACTORY 1968

  • It is not more remarkable for its graceful form and action, than for the display of its singular instinct for hunting for and stealing eggs, from which it takes the name of egg-breaker.

    The Illustrated London Reading Book Various

  • Clergy List, three hat-guards, a mariner's compass, a box of drawing-pins, an egg-breaker, six blouses, and a cabman's whistle.

    Happy Days 1919

  • List, three hat-guards, a mariner's compass, a box of drawing-pins, an egg-breaker, six blouses, and a cabman's whistle.

    The Holiday Round 1919

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