oyster fork

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2017

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

From School and Home Cooking by Greer, Carlotta Cherryholmes

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 Beard, Harry

The oyster fork is placed at the right of the soup spoon, the fish fork at the left of the other forks.

From The Complete Home by Laughlin, Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth)

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

From Thirty by O'Brien, Howard Vincent