The Devil's Dictionary: Oyster

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
OWE

OYSTER

-n.

A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor.

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