scrambled egg
Noun

scrambled egg

  1. (usually, in the plural) A dish made by beating and cooking eggs, sometimes mixed with milk.
  2. (slang) The gold braid worn on the cap of an officer in the armed forces etc.
    • 1971, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather (screenplay, third draft)
      A massive POLICE CAPTAIN, spattered with gold braid and scrambled eggs on his hat, with beefy red face and white hair seems furious.
Translations
  • French: œufs brouillés
  • German: Rührei
  • Italian: uova strapazzate
  • Portuguese: ovos mexidos
  • Russian: яи́чница-болту́нья
  • Spanish: (Mexico) huevos revueltos, (Colombia) huevos pericos, (El Salvador) huevos picados



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