"egg in one's beer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eggs in one's beer [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|eggs in one's beer|head=egg in one's beer}} egg in one's beer (countable and uncountable, plural eggs in one's beer)
  1. (US) A bonus. Tags: US, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-egg_in_one's_beer-en-noun-Xzgej0VS Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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