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oyster card

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
oys-ter -card
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A contactless smart card, introduced in 2003, used to pay for public transport in the Greater London area.

Etymology

A marketing coinage; influences are said to include the security and value of the oyster's shell and pearl, the oyster beds of London's Thames estuary, and the popular idiom the world is one's oyster.

Inflected Forms

Oyster cards (plural)

Questions

What does oyster card mean?
A contactless smart card, introduced in 2003, used to pay for public transport in the Greater London area.
Where does oyster card come from?
A marketing coinage; influences are said to include the security and value of the oyster's shell and pearl, the oyster beds of London's Thames estuary, and the popular idiom the world is one's oyster.

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