oyster fork


noun
  1. a small, three-pronged fork, used especially in eating seafood.

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How to use oyster fork in a sentence

  • The oyster fork is the first in the number of the implements placed beside your plate.

    The Complete Bachelor | Walter Germain
  • In eating, the oyster fork is the first used, and then one takes the next in order.

    The Etiquette of To-day | Edith B. Ordway
  • With an oyster fork, the clams may then be removed from the shell, dipped into the liquor and eaten.

    Standard Paper-Bag Cookery | Emma Paddock Telford
  • He put down his oyster fork and looked me squarely in the eye.

    Pirates' Hope | Francis Lynde
  • The tiny-pronged oyster fork was lying there on the cloth, untouched!

    Missy | Dana Gatlin