egg rolling

noun

a contest or race in which eggs are rolled over a lawn, using a spoon or paddle, most commonly held as a children's entertainment during the Easter season.

Words nearby egg rolling

egg in your beer, egg membrane, egg on, egg on one's face, have, egg roll, egg rolling, egg sac, egg slice, egg spoon, egg stone, egg timer

Example sentences from the Web for egg rolling

  • Mrs. Harding hadn't said beyond the custom of Easter egg-rolling.

    Turns about Town |Robert Cortes Holliday

  • It was very cunning to see the delight various little children took in it at the egg-rolling on Easter Monday.

    Letters to His Children |Theodore Roosevelt

  • Its beautifully kept slopes were ideal places for "egg-rolling," and then there was the great fountain in the middle of the lawn!

    The Quiver 3/1900 |Anonymous