eggy bread

noun

British

: bread dipped in a mixture of egg and milk and then sautéed : french toast

… he often gets requests from patients for traditional English favourites including eggy bread, poached and scrambled eggs, and sausages and mash.

—Swindon Advertiser, 6 Dec. 2013

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

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