0 a priest of the lowest rank, especially in the Church of England, whose job is to help the vicar (= priest of a particular area) --
1 to be in charge of selecting and caring for objects to be shown in a museum or to form part of a collection of art, an exhibition, etc.: --
Like the curate's egg, it is good in parts.
The curates as we know them arc really the assistant curates.
Is it going to do no harm to the curates?
The fact that the incumbent does not get as much from private subscriptions or charitable offerings does not affect the curate's right.
In hundreds of cases the curate's salary is not paid by the incumbent but by private subscription.
His speech was like the curate's egg—some parts good and some parts bad.
If curates desire to come in it is desirable, at the same time that we deal with the matter, to deal with other classes.
I am very much inclined to think it is very much like the curate's egg.
