Meanings
- uncountableThe world or sphere of lobsters.
The ardent representative of young lobsterdom might point to the undeniable fact, that the old shells had answered an excellent purpose, had proved sufficient, had protected them in storm, and adorned them in calm.
1874, James Parton, Life Of Thomas Jefferson (part 1, page 372)1 more example
But one day among the rocks he found a playfellow. It was not a water-baby, alas! but it was a lobster; and a very distinguished lobster he was; for he had live barnacles on his claws, which is a great mark of distinction in lobsterdom […]
1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
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