Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A tool used to dredge up oysters in deep water.
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Examples
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Page view page image: neck with a pair of oyster-tongs, and thereby strangled him.
Sheppard Lee 1836
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"My heart has sent me forth to beg the service of your oyster-tongs, that I may dip a peck of oysters from the cove.
Tales of the Chesapeake George Alfred Townsend 1877
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