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oyster fork

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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

Split with a silver knife and use an oyster fork to pick out the meat.

From Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions by Wilson, Mary A.

“That seems difficult to grasp,” she demurred, and 72 he nodded his head, abstractedly sketching lines on the damask cloth with his oyster fork.

From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh

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)

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

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