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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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There is also The Touchdown, with 120 wings, a full tray of mac & cheese, a full tray of Eli’s nachos, an egg roll platter, and an order of Tate’s tuna nachos.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2025
Plus, apple pie egg rolls a la mode for dessert ($8).
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Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 18 Jan. 2025
Various foods were outside of proper temperatures including bean sprouts, raw meat, barbecue pork, chicken and egg rolls.
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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.
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Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 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 20 Feb. 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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