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noun
dialect British, ScottishA coloured hard-boiled egg given as an Easter gift; an Easter egg.
Such eggs were traditionally rolled down a hill or slope before being eaten.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Elisha Coles. From pasch + egg. Compare Dutch paaschei, Middle Low German pāschey, pāscheey.
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