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Oyster(recipes)
oyster bed(dictionary)
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Oyster Soup(recipes)
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working class (oh) and oyster (oh)


working class (oh)



n [singular also + plural verb] BrE also working classes
the group of people in society who traditionally do physical work and do not have much money or power
::Marx wrote about the political struggles of the working class.
-- working class adj
::working class women
::the traditional working class occupations
::He is proud of his working class background.
-see also lower class , middle class , upper class

oyster (oh)




[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: oistre, from Latin, from Greek ostreon]
a type of shellfish that can be eaten cooked or uncooked, and that produces a jewel called a pearl
the world is your oyster
used to tell someone that they can achieve whatever they want