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oyster rake definition

☆ oyster rake

a rake with a long handle and curved teeth for gathering in oysters from shallow waters

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Does "oyster rake" refer not only to th implement, but to the bed of oysters raked up with it?

Posted by anonymous 86 days ago.

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