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Etymology

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oyster +‎ shell

Noun

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oystershell (plural oystershells)

  1. The shell of an oyster.
    • 1858, Ecclesiological Society, The Ecclesiologist:
      The very poor will sometimes adorn the graves of those they love with oystershells, or flintstones, or small plaster busts, or tiles []