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語源

The gold braid sense is by fancied resemblance to the literal sense, with irreverence implied.

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名詞

scrambled egg (countable and uncountable, plural scrambled eggs)

1. (usually in the plural) A dish made by beating and cooking eggs, sometimes mixed with milk, and typically stirred while cooking.

   Coordinate terms: fried egg, omelet, omelette, scromlette

2. (usually in the plural, slang) The gold braid worn on the cap of an officer in the armed forces or police.

   Coordinate term: chest candy

   • 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.

派生語

• scrambled egg slime mold