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curate's egg noun something that is good in parts UK, 1961 From the phrase “good in parts – like a curate’s egg”.- Perhaps supermarket wine departments should create a special section marked Curate’s Eggs – the honesty of this, allied to the fact that many drinkers simply do not care that a wine is deficient in one area though excellent in another (a weedy aroma, say, but substantial body) would have great appeal. — Guardian, 7 June 2003
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