egg-hot

English

Noun

egg-hot (uncountable)

  1. (Britain, archaic) eggnog
    • 1881, Pearl Hyem, The fisherman's cove; or, Christianity realised (page 54)
      Jennie Fox watched it with thoughtful pleasure, and the rest were chatting and telling of bygones, enjoying a glass of egg-hot; it being a custom for them to partake of this beverage on this particular night.

References
  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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