"fresh country eggs" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fresh country egg [singular]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p|sg=fresh country egg}} fresh country eggs pl (normally plural, singular fresh country egg)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fresh, country, eggs. Tags: plural, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-fresh_country_eggs-en-noun-V2jG0bXM
  2. A common way to describe ordinary chicken eggs on a breakfast menu, especially in expensive restaurants and hotels. Tags: plural, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-fresh_country_eggs-en-noun-TYdVJnJa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 14 86

Inflected forms

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