Oysters there are none, not even those native shrimps they call scampi; but the wine will compensate for much: the wine is Roediger; champagne, with a faint suspicion of dryness.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever
Alison bent over her scampi and inhaled deeply.
"Joe Burke's Last Stand"
John Moncure Wetterau