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armadillo egg

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
ar-madil-lo egg
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A jalapeño popper, especially when wrapped in bacon or sausage meat.

American usage

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see armadillo, egg.

Etymology

Since they do not contain any egg, the name may have come from Scotch egg, another snack food that is wrapped in sausage meat.

Usage

Inflected Forms

armadillo eggs (plural)

Questions

What does armadillo egg mean?
A jalapeño popper, especially when wrapped in bacon or sausage meat.
Where does armadillo egg come from?
Since they do not contain any egg, the name may have come from Scotch egg, another snack food that is wrapped in sausage meat.

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