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Chinese-American Cookery.a cylindrical casing of egg dough filled with a minced mixture of meat or shrimp, bamboo shoots, onions, etc., and fried in deep fat.[1940-45]
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egg roll — noun minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried • Syn: ↑spring roll • Regions: ↑China, ↑People s Republic of China, ↑mainland China, ↑Communist China, ↑Red China, ↑PR … Useful english dictionary
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egg roll — noun a) A food made made by wrapping a combination of chopped vegetables, possibly meat, and sometimes noodles, in a sheet of dough, dipping the dough in egg or an egg wash, then deep frying it. b) In many Asian countries and among their… … Wiktionary
egg roll — n. spring roll, Asian dish in which dough is wrapped around a rice and egg mixture and then is fried … English contemporary dictionary
egg roll — noun N. Amer. a Chinese style snack similar to a spring roll, encased in a dough made with egg and deep fried … English new terms dictionary
