Definitions
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- noun A box in which eggs are
packaged , usually made fromcardboard shaped into a number of separatecups that hold individual eggs.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He had a handheld black plastic device the size of an eggbox called a Phrasealator.
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Most recently he played one of the inner circle of MI6 spooks in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, who convene in a sort of orange eggbox to play out a series of thrillingly tense scenes.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Jasper Rees 2012
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The court heard that Holding kept the drug in an eggbox and delivered it during his milk round to 17 customers.
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2009
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The court heard that Holding kept the drug in an eggbox and delivered it during his milk round to 17 customers
ITN Headlines 2009
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The court heard that Holding kept the drug in an eggbox and delivered it during his milk round to 17 customers.
ITN Headlines 2009
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You might think that these were snappers (as these are definitely present that far north), but witnesses say that the animals were just too big for that (you’d also think they’d report the distinctive eggbox-like carapace knobs, but no details on that).
Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006
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I am in the middle of decorating and i am trying to figure out how to put the tv on the wall, the wall is between the front room and the hallway and it is 10mm plasterboard with eggbox backing (about 35mm) and then the 10mm plasterboard that is in the hall, i have cut a few holes and there doesnt seem to be any wooden supports, just the plasterboard which seems to be just one piece?!!?
AVForums.com 2009
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