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scalloped oyster en · NOUN

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Etymology

Originally done in scallop shells.

Meanings

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:

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