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Whitstable|ˈhwɪtstəb(ə)l|
The name of a coastal town in Kent, used attrib. and absol. to designate oysters bred there.
1883Queen 20 Oct. (Advt.), Any others that are advertised at a low price..cannot possibly be the genuine Medina or Whitstable Oysters. 1940A. L. Simon Conc. Encycl. Gastron. II. 69/2 Most Whitstable oysters to-day are..relaid Brittanys or Belons. The oysters known as Royal Whitstables are, however, genuine natives, taken from a breeding ground the boundaries of which were settled by law about 1900. 1960Times 2 Nov. 13/6 They may not be Whitstables, but they are oysters of a kind. 1971Vogue 15 Sept. 43/1 One of London's best fishmongers. Ask for fresh sardines, Whitstable oysters, game. 1973‘J. Sturrock’ Wicked Way to Die x. 142 They've got as fine a barrel of Whitstables here as ever I've seen. |