scrambled eggs

scrambled eggs
1. eggs cooked in a pan while stirring, usually after the whites and yolks have been mixed together, sometimes with milk.
2. Mil. Slang. military gold braid, esp. that decorating the brim of an officer's hat.
[1860-65]

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