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Quotation dates: 1828, 1912
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EISTER, n. Sc. form of Eng. oyster; see P.L.D. §46. [′əistər]Sc. 1828 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 77:
Enter Mr Ambrose . . . Tappytoorie, etc. each with a Board of Oysters. (Shepherd) What desperate breedy beasts eisters maun be.em.Sc. 1912 W. Cuthbertson Dykeside Folk 174:
If the wheen mussels I'm bilin' was worth siller, like eisters. . . .
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