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prairie oyster

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noun
  1. a raw egg, or the yolk of a raw egg, often mixed with seasonings, as salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and used as a hangover remedy.
  2. the testis of a calf used as food.
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Compare mountain oyster.

Origin of prairie oyster

First recorded in 1880–85
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Related Words for prairie oyster

heart, marrow, stomach, tongue, tripe, brains, chitlins, chitterlings, giblets, gizzard, kidneys, liver, pancreas, sweetbread, testis, thymus
British Dictionary definitions for prairie oyster

prairie oyster

noun
  1. a drink consisting of raw unbeaten egg, vinegar or Worcester sauce (Worcester oyster), salt, and pepper: a supposed cure for a hangover
  2. the testicles of a bull calf cooked and eaten
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