bride and groom n.2
(orig. US short order) two poached or fried eggs.
Ocala Eve. Star (FL) 20 June 1/5: ‘Poached eggs on toast,’ says a customer. ‘Bride and groom on a raft in the middle of the ocean,’ shouts the waiter. | ||
El Paso Herald (TX) 31 Jan. 8/2: For two fried eggs there are various terms [...] ‘bride and groom,’ ‘straight up two’ and ‘two moons looking at you’. | ||
Dict. Amer. Sl. 288: Bride and groom – Two eggs. ‘On a raft adds the toast’. | ||
Criminal Sl. (rev. edn) 33: bride and groom on a raft Two fried eggs. | ||
Amer. Thes. Sl. (2nd edn). | ||
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