armadillo egg

noun

Etymology

Since they do not contain any egg, the name may have come from Scotch egg, another snack food that is wrapped in sausage meat.

Definitions

  1. A jalapeño popper, especially when wrapped in bacon or sausage meat.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see armadillo, egg.

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