prairie oyster

noun

A drink consisting of a raw egg with yolk intact, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt, and ground black pepper.

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prairie cocktail
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Meanings

prairie oyster1

nounprairie oyster (plural prairie oysters)

plural prairie oysters

  1. A drink consisting of a raw egg with yolk intact, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt, and ground black pepper.

    ‘Would you like a Prairie Oyster?’ She produced glasses, eggs and a bottle of Worcester sauce from the boot-cupboard under the dismantled washstand: ‘I practically live on them.’

    1939, Christopher Isherwood, “Sally Bowles”, in Goodbye to Berlin

    Synonyms: prairie cocktail

  2. A Rocky Mountain oyster; a bull calf testicle prepared as food.

Prairie Oyster2

nounPrairie Oyster (plural Prairie Oysters)

plural Prairie Oysters

  1. Alternative letter-case form of prairie oyster (drink)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA drink consisting of a raw egg with yolk intact, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt, and ground black pepper.

Similar
prairie cocktail
Also see
fryprairie cocktail
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APA

prairie oyster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prairie%20oyster

MLA

“prairie oyster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prairie%20oyster. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prairie oyster,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prairie%20oyster.

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