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mountain oysters
noun
lamb or calf testicles as food US, 1857- If I was having special company, I might make up a delicacy. You get some money, you can get mountain oysters–that’s the male parts of a lamb. — Earl Conrad, Rock Bottom, p. 246, 1952
- In the commissariat department are “dope” (butter) and “mountain oysters” (calves fries). — Alberta Historical Review, p. 15/2, 1962
- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 73, 1998
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