A charming regional term with two overlapping uses: in Pennsylvania dialect, dippy eggs are fried eggs cooked over easy — with the yolk left runny for dipping toast into; in British usage, dippy eggs are soft-boiled eggs served in an egg cup, again with a runny yolk perfect for dipping toasted soldiers into. Either way, the name is entirely functional — it's an egg you dip things into. The term has a warm, nostalgic childhood quality in both traditions.
Sunday breakfast wasn't complete without a plate of dippy eggs and enough toast soldiers to keep the whole family busy.
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(Pennsylvania) Fried eggs cooked over easy.
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(UK) Eggs cooked soft-boiled.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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