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prairie oyster

prairie oyster noun: a drink consisting of a raw egg with yolk intact, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt, and ground black pepper.

Noun (1)

prairie oyster (plural prairie oysters)

  1. A drink consisting of a raw egg with yolk intact, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt, and ground black pepper.
    • ‘Would you like a Prairie Oyster?’ She produced glasses, eggs and a bottle of Worcester sauce from the boot-cupboard under the dismantled washstand: ‘I practically live on them.’1939, Christopher Isherwood, “Sally Bowles”, in Goodbye to Berlin
  2. A Rocky Mountain oyster; a bull calf testicle prepared as food.

Noun (2) capitalized: Prairie Oyster

Prairie Oyster (plural Prairie Oysters)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of prairie oyster (drink)

Synonyms of prairie oyster

Forms of prairie oyster

pluralprairie oysters
pluralPrairie Oysters

Questions about prairie oyster

What does prairie oyster mean?
Prairie oyster means a drink consisting of a raw egg with yolk intact, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt, and ground black pepper.
What part of speech is prairie oyster?
Prairie oyster is a noun.
What is the plural of prairie oyster?
The plural of prairie oyster is prairie oysters.

Words near prairie oyster in the dictionary

  1. prairie lily
  2. prairie meet
  3. prairie meets
  4. prairie nigger
  5. prairie niggers
  6. prairie oyster
  7. prairie oysters
  8. prairie pasqueflower
  9. prairie pine
  10. prairie plum
  11. prairie plums

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