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oyster wives

oyster wives is the plural of oyster wife.

Meaning of oyster wife

Noun

oyster wife (plural oyster wives)

  1. (archaic) A woman who deals in oysters.

Questions about oyster wives

What is oyster wives the plural of?
Oyster wives is the plural of oyster wife.

Words near oyster wives in the dictionary

  1. oyster sauce
  2. oyster sauces
  3. oyster shooter
  4. oyster shooters
  5. oyster wife
  6. oyster wives
  7. oyster-catcher
  8. oyster-catchers
  9. oyster-shucking knife
  10. oyster-shucking knives
  11. oyster-tecture

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