eggman

noun

eggman

noun

Etymology From egg + -man.

1

A man who delivers eggs.

"There's no reason now," said the eggman, gazing at her.1968, Donald Richie, Companions of the holiday:
Every few weeks, Mr. Farber the eggman would visit us in our third-floor, East Bronx apartment. He delivered eggs and collected premiums for Workmen's Circle life insurance policies.2010, Burt Alpert, Rachmones: The Passion of Hebraic Empathy, A History, →ISBN, page 79:

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Pullets became hens in the henhouse, producing eggs that Kate swapped at Henry's for coffee and salt, or that Kate collected in egg cartons in the toolshed for the Boston eggman to pick up every two weeks, fresh eggs.2012, Donald Hall, Life Work, →ISBN:

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