egg cosy

English

Alternative forms

• eggcosy
• egg-cosy
• egg cozy
• egg-cozy

Noun

egg cosy (plural egg cosies)

1. A small cover made of wool or other material and designed to be placed over a boiled egg to keep it warm.

   Coordinate terms: egg cup, egg spoon

   You lucky girl! Granny's knitted you an egg cosy for your birthday!

   • 2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 194:

     And when whe woke again he reappeared in a plastic incubator wearing an absurd little knitted cap like an egg cosy.

Translations

insulating cover placed over a boiled egg

• Dutch: eiermutsje n, eiermuts f
• Finnish: munanlämmitin
• French: couvre-œuf m
• German: Eierwärmer (de) m
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