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an instrument used for gathering oysters, consisting of a jointed pair of hinged, long-handled rakes with inward-curving teeth.
Short for sugar-tongs n. at sugar, n. compounds 3a, curling-tongs n. at curling, n.1 compounds 1, oyster tongs n. at oyster, n. adj.compounds 3…