Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shop for the sale of oysters.
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Examples
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Thackeray, of how, when one wet night they were all at a little oyster-shop then facing the Strand Theatre, the barmaid Jane, thoroughly out of humour at Jerrold's chaff, slapped down before the little man the liquor he had ordered, with the words, "There's your grog and take care you don't drown yourself;" with the effect of damping his spirits for the rest of the night.
The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann
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And now they keep an oyster-shop for mermaids down below.
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The last time I saw her she was cleaning the upstairs rooms at "Josephine's," the little oyster-shop off the Street of the Three Pebbles.
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 William Orpen 1904
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And now they keep an oyster-shop for mermaids down below.
The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902
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One such night they went to the gallery at the opera, to supper at an oyster-shop, under Alan's pilotage, and then set out to walk back to
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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One such night they went to the gallery at the opera, to supper at an oyster-shop, under Alan's pilotage, and then set out to walk back to
The Freelands John Galsworthy 1900
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If a friend and his wife drop in suddenly in the evening or to dine, it is monstrously inconvenient to have an oyster-shop round the corner whence to improvise a supper or a dinner.
From the Easy Chair — Volume 01 George William Curtis 1858
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The young Doctor has a very small office and a very large sign, with a transparency at night big enough for an oyster-shop.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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And now they keep an oyster-shop for mermaids down below.
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 12: Verses from the Oldest Portfolio Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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And now they keep an oyster-shop for mermaids down below.
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Complete Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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