eggsactly
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editeggsactly (comparative more eggsactly, superlative most eggsactly)
- (informal, humorous) Exactly, when referring to eggs or Easter.
- 1960, Everybody’s Poultry Magazine, page 9:
- Eggsactly, is exactly what we mean! In the highly competitive field of egg processing, fast, efficient production methods are essential for a profitable, successful operation.
- 1970, Institutions Sourcebook, page 72:
- How to boil eggs eggsactly as ordered and at a profit.
- 2006, 1000 Junior Holiday Puzzles, New Dawn Press, Inc., published 2009, →ISBN:
- Only two of the chocolate Easter eggs are ‘eggsactly’ the same size, which two?
- 2016, Richard Evershed, Nicola Temple, Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics, Bloomsbury:
- Not Eggsactly What You Thought / Bird eggs are perfect structures that contain all of the materials needed to support the growth of a new life or, in many unlucky cases, provide a highly nutritious meal to any number of different critters.