Example Sentences

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Oyster shucker: “Anybody want this shiny white marble I found?”

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

Smith and Kennedy worked at a seafood restaurant in the French Quarter, she as a server and he as an oyster shucker.

From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2015

For him that meant a series of jobs, including cook, electrician and oyster shucker.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2015

Some didn’t think the process would yield them any money for their loss; one oyster shucker said that her claims had been denied at least twice.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2014

Oh, they went in and looked at the corn shucker.

From Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's by Hope, Laura Lee