scrambled egg
nounEtymology The gold braid sense is by fancied resemblance to the literal sense, with irreverence implied.
1
Plural normally A dish made by beating and cooking eggs, sometimes mixed with milk, and typically stirred while cooking.
2
Plural normally, Slang The gold braid worn on the cap of an officer in the armed forces or police.
- A massive POLICE CAPTAIN, spattered with gold braid and scrambled eggs on his hat, with beefy red face and white hair seems furious.1971, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather (screenplay, third draft)
- Derived terms
- scrambled egg slime mold