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bluepoint
[ bloo-point ]
noun
- a small oyster, especially one from the oyster beds near Blue Point, Long Island, usually served raw on the half shell or in a cocktail.
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Origin of bluepoint1
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
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My takeaway was maybe it did, maybe it didn’t and the bluepoint was it didn’t really matter.
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A bicolor corn aioli laced with bacon was the foundation, with crisply fried tempura bluepoint oysters sitting on it, crowned by strawlike matchstick potatoes and a few slices of fried lemon.
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The two pieces were bolted instantly, as a hungry man bolts a "bluepoint."
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He got along fine with the olives and celery and the bluepoints.
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