hot toast spread with anchovies or anchovy paste and topped with creamy scrambled eggs
Scotch woodcock in American English
eggs cooked and served on toast or crackers spread with anchovies or anchovy paste
Scotch woodcock in American English
noun
toast spread with anchovy paste and topped with loosely scrambled eggs
Word origin
[1875–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cross-fertilization, knockabout, overdraft, pressure point, slime mold