eggette

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English

Etymology

From egg +‎ -ette.

Noun

eggette (plural eggettes)

  1. Synonym of egg waffle (egg-shaped waffle popular in Hong Kong)
    • 2017, Piera Chen, Emily Matchar, Lonely Planet Pocket Hong Kong:
      This takeaway counter serves up some of Hong Kong's best eggettes, the egg-shaped waffles beloved by local children and adults alike.
  2. (archaic) An egg-shaped briquet of coal.
    • 1913, United States Congressional Serial Set, volume 6358, page 2724:
      [] an eggette or briquette manufacturing contract, where, by the compression of tar with these fine particles of culm, there are made pieces of coal about the size of an egg []