English Explanatory Dictionary

armadillo egg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A jalapeño popper, especially when wrapped in bacon or sausage meat.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see armadillo, egg.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

armadillo egg armadillo eggs

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.

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