/ · 1894 Brewer’s · O · Oyster Part (An)
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An actor who appears, speaks, or acts only once. Like an oyster, he opens but once.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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