"eggspoon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eggspoons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} eggspoon (plural eggspoons)
  1. Alternative form of egg spoon. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: egg spoon
    Sense id: en-eggspoon-en-noun-dFgcj8pc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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