Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
egg-tooth .
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Examples
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Of course, it does not have the egg-breaker and the test laboratory Vita Nuova has.
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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.
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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
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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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