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egg roll
noun
: a thin egg-dough casing filled with minced vegetables and often bits of meat (such as shrimp or chicken) and usually deep-fried
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Various foods were outside of proper temperatures including bean sprouts, raw meat, barbecue pork, chicken and egg rolls.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
Try frying it into crispy stuffing fritters, using it as a filling for egg rolls, or stirring it into a casserole.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
The Hong Kong–style diner—which serves classics such as scallion pancakes and egg rolls, as well as more experimental dishes, like caviar canapé and macaroni soup with Spam wontons—was a success.
—airmail.news, 17 Aug. 2024
Appetizers will include a variety of spring rolls and egg rolls.
—Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1934, in the meaning defined above
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“Egg roll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egg%20roll. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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egg roll
noun
: a thin egg-dough casing filled with minced vegetables and often bits of meat (as shrimp or pork) and usually deep-fried
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