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soft-boiled

adjective

  1. (of an egg) boiled for a short time so that the yolk is still soft

  2. informalsofthearted

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Speaking two years after the attack in 2024, Sir Salman said his eye was left hanging down his face "like a soft-boiled egg", and that losing it upsets him "every day".

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No matter whether you call them hard-boiled, soft-boiled or “air-fried,” this method delivers a perfect egg, every time.

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And they have this really good Caesar salad that they put a whole soft-boiled egg on.

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The Booker Prize-winning author said his eye was left hanging down his face "like a soft-boiled egg", and that losing the eye "upsets him every day".

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On one visit, the Ghanaian snack kosua ne meko — soft-boiled eggs topped with a Scotch bonnet pepper relish — was fairly incendiary, with a warning scent wafting through the air.

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