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oyster

Definition

noun: a type of shellfish that has a rough shell with two parts and that is eaten both cooked and raw
noun: any of various marine bivalve mollusks (family Ostreidae) that have a rough irregular shell closed by a single adductor muscle and include commercially important shellfish
synonyms: oyster wife, oyster women

Examples

We were young and happy, and 'the world was our oyster'.

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(..) That's right! You need to look after them better. - How about you? - I got better things to do. Get them a pizza if they're hungry. I'm eating oysters, bitches. Whatever. - I want oysters. - No, you don't. You're sure it was a chicken? Not a pigeon? No. (..)
2013 TvShow: Orange Is the New Black Title: The Chickening Season: 1 Episode 5