"egg in a hole" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1993, Michel Richard, Judy Zeidler, Jan Weimer, Michel Richard’s Home Cooking with a French Accent, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., page 70",
          "text": "One day while I was fooling around, I made a hole in a piece of toast and then cooked an egg in the hole. I thought I had created something fantastic. My friend offered another perspective. “Big deal,” he said. “It’s an egg in a hole.”",
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          "ref": "2012, Alyssa Shelasky, Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs In and Out of the Kitchen, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, page 220",
          "text": "[…] Padma Lakshmi prevents hangovers with an “egg in a hole” before bed; […]",
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          "ref": "2016, Alex W MacLeod, chapter 8, in The Tracks: A Refuge, page 119",
          "text": "Archie had an egg in a hole with two cups of tea for breakfast.",
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        {
          "ref": "2019, Waylynn Lucas, Sunny-Side Up: More Than 100 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes from the Essential Egg to the Perfect Pastry, New York, N.Y.: Rodale Books, page 37",
          "text": "Believe it or not, I had never eaten an “egg in a hole” until much later in life—like, in-my-thirties later.",
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          "ref": "2019, America’s Test Kitchen, The Complete Baby and Toddler Cookbook: The Very Best Purees, Finger Foods, and Toddler Meals for Happy Families, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, page 197",
          "text": "There aren’t many classic breakfast dishes that can be described as whimsical. Even fewer that are also easy to make. Behold: Eggs in a Hole!",
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        {
          "ref": "2021, Sreeja Jayaram, Happy Breakfasts, BlueRose Publishers, page 31",
          "text": "For the young people at home, eggs in a hole will certainly appeal but for me it is the ease of preparing this beautiful breakfast that makes it a favourite.",
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        "An egg fried in a hole in a slice of bread."
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        {
          "word": "egg in a basket"
        },
        {
          "word": "gashouse egg"
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          "word": "egg-in-a-hole"
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          "ref": "1993, Michel Richard, Judy Zeidler, Jan Weimer, Michel Richard’s Home Cooking with a French Accent, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., page 70",
          "text": "One day while I was fooling around, I made a hole in a piece of toast and then cooked an egg in the hole. I thought I had created something fantastic. My friend offered another perspective. “Big deal,” he said. “It’s an egg in a hole.”",
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          "ref": "2012, Alyssa Shelasky, Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs In and Out of the Kitchen, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, page 220",
          "text": "[…] Padma Lakshmi prevents hangovers with an “egg in a hole” before bed; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "2016, Alex W MacLeod, chapter 8, in The Tracks: A Refuge, page 119",
          "text": "Archie had an egg in a hole with two cups of tea for breakfast.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Waylynn Lucas, Sunny-Side Up: More Than 100 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes from the Essential Egg to the Perfect Pastry, New York, N.Y.: Rodale Books, page 37",
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        },
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          "ref": "2019, America’s Test Kitchen, The Complete Baby and Toddler Cookbook: The Very Best Purees, Finger Foods, and Toddler Meals for Happy Families, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, page 197",
          "text": "There aren’t many classic breakfast dishes that can be described as whimsical. Even fewer that are also easy to make. Behold: Eggs in a Hole!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "2021, Sreeja Jayaram, Happy Breakfasts, BlueRose Publishers, page 31",
          "text": "For the young people at home, eggs in a hole will certainly appeal but for me it is the ease of preparing this beautiful breakfast that makes it a favourite.",
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        "An egg fried in a hole in a slice of bread."
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    {
      "word": "egg in a basket"
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    {
      "word": "gashouse egg"
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