overegg
overegg Dialect
From over- (prefix meaning ‘excessive; excessively’) + egg, from the phrase over-egg the pudding, a reference to adding too many eggs to a pudding and thereby ruining it.
From over- (prefix meaning ‘excessive; excessively’) + egg, from the phrase over-egg the pudding, a reference to adding too many eggs to a pudding and thereby ruining it.
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