2. Noun. (nautical) A boat used to dredge for oysters ¹
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Definition of Oysterman
1. [n OYSTERMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oysterman
Literary usage of Oysterman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia of the Classic Wit and Humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"The Ballad of the oysterman IT was a tall young oysterman lived by the riverside.
... It was the pensive oysterman that saw a lovely maid, Upon a moonlight ..."
2. One Hundred Narrative Poems edited by George E. Teter (1918)
"It was the pensive oysterman that saw a lovely maid, Upon a moonlight ... Then up
arose the oysterman, and to himself said he, "I guess I'll leave the skiff ..."
3. Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainments and for the Use of edited by Robert McLean Cumnock (1913)
"THE BALLAD OF THE oysterman It was a tall young oysterman lived by the river-side,
... It was the pensive oysterman that saw a lovely maid, Upon a moonlight ..."
4. Junior High School Literature by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck (1920)
"THE BALLAD OF THE oysterman OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES It was a tall young oysterman
... It was the pensive oysterman that saw a lovely maid Upon a moonlight ..."
5. Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes: With Numerous Illustrations by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1887)
"It was the pensive oysterman that saw a lovely maid, Upon a moonlight evening,
... Then up arose the oysterman, and to himself said he, "I guess 1 '11 leave ..."
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