单词 | oysterer |
释义 | oysterern. 1. A person who gathers, sells, or prepares oysters. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > for oysters oysterman1305 dredger?a1513 oyster dredger?a1513 waterman1549 oysterera1618 dredger-man1696 tonger1887 tongman1887 a1618 J. Sylvester Tobacco Battered 267 Iakes-farmers, Fidlers, Ostlers, Oysterers. 1939 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 24 397 The remaining twelve embraced five carpenters, three sailors, three oysterers, and one boatman. 1990 Times (Nexis) 6 Sept. In the professional kitchen, the oysterer's job is some way down the social totem pole. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > vessels fishing for shellfish or crustaceans oyster boat1419 whelk-boat1419 dredger1600 lobster-boat1777 oyster scow1824 oysterer1828 shrimper1851 pungy1852 shrimp-boat1872 Morecambe Bay shrimper1874 crabber1883 skillinger1933 Morecambe Bay prawner1935 1828 J. Banim Anglo-Irish II. 188 Be it in..merchantman, collier, oysterer, skiff, or open-boat. 1882 Harper's Mag. Aug. 358 It is not Cleopatra's barge..but, oh my! there would be solid chunks of comfort in an oysterer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1618 |
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