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scalloped oyster

scalloped oyster noun: an opened oyster baked in a deep dish with alternate layers of bread or cracker crumbs, seasoned with pepper, nutmeg, and butter.

Noun

scalloped oyster (plural scalloped oysters)

  1. An opened oyster baked in a deep dish with alternate layers of bread or cracker crumbs, seasoned with pepper, nutmeg, and butter.
    • "Poor things! they needed it," said she one night to her husband, during the discussion of some scalloped oysters, over which their mutual confidences usually took place.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 122

Forms of scalloped oyster

pluralscalloped oysters

Origin of scalloped oyster

Originally done in scallop shells.

Questions about scalloped oyster

What does scalloped oyster mean?
Scalloped oyster means an opened oyster baked in a deep dish with alternate layers of bread or cracker crumbs, seasoned with pepper, nutmeg, and butter.
What part of speech is scalloped oyster?
Scalloped oyster is a noun.
What is the plural of scalloped oyster?
The plural of scalloped oyster is scalloped oysters.

Words near scalloped oyster in the dictionary

  1. scallop moths
  2. scallop shell
  3. scallop squash
  4. scallop theorem
  5. scalloped
  6. scalloped oyster
  7. scalloped oysters
  8. scalloped sack-bearer
  9. scalloped sack-bearers
  10. scalloper
  11. scallopers

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