CURATE'S EGG


Meaning of CURATE'S EGG in English

¦kyu̇rə̇ts¦ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: so called from a cartoon in the weekly Punch depicting a curate who was given a stale egg by his bishop and declared that parts of it were excellent

chiefly Britain : something with both good and bad parts or qualities

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