chucky egg

chucky egg

English

Etymology

Possibly related to chuck (“chicken”).

Noun

chucky egg (plural chucky eggs)

1. (UK, regional) A chicken egg, especially a boiled egg.
   • 1986, British Homing World

     And we'll have chucky eggs for dinner and chicken for our tea.

   • 2011, Marilyn Glenn, Our Fragile Lives, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN:

     Maria was spooning runny egg into Alex's eager little mouth. 'There's a good boy. ...You love your chucky egg don't you?'

   • 2016, James C. Lee, The End of the Pier, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:

     So, anyway, for your chucky egg do you want toast soldiers or bread and butter?

2. (UK, regional) A term of affection.
   • 1997, Tim Firth, Neville's Island: A Comedy in Thick Fog, Dramatists Play Service Inc, →ISBN, page 80:

     GORDON. (Almost sadly.) Oh Roy, my poor little chucky egg. No one believes, mate.

   • 2013, Marie Browne, Narrow Escape, Accent Press Ltd, →ISBN:

     “Hello, chucky egg,” I said.

   • 2015, Jane E. James, The Long Weekend, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:

     How could her father have made a princess out of an ordinary living breathing girl, who was so wholly unconnected with her and her family, when she had only ever risen to being a “chucky egg” or a “little ducky” in his eyes?

See also

• Chuckie Egg on Wikipedia