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oyster fork

American  

noun

  1. a small, three-pronged fork, used especially in eating seafood.


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Every obsidian spear point, every oyster fork, every locomotive, every place mat.

From Washington Post Mar. 15, 2017

Yes," answered Torbert, dropping into his seat and picking up his oyster fork, "and I am somewhat at a loss to describe it.

From Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life by Harry Beard

I'm your inferior because—because—I can't use an oyster fork.

From Thirty by Howard Vincent O'Brien

Many prefer, however, to place all the forks, except the oyster fork, at the left of the plate.

From School and Home Cooking by Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer

Then the soup spoon and then the oyster fork or grape fruit spoon.

From Etiquette by Emily Post

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