Meanings (ES + gloss)
tumba
A person who keeps secrets.
Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
I will not be a human oyster. No, I will lay my cards on the table, which is assuredly a thing that oysters do not do.
Phrases
American oysterAtlantic oysterBelon oysterCeylon pearl oysterChilean oysterChincoteague oysterColchester native oysterEuropean flat oysterGlasgow oysterHong Kong oysterJapanese oysterMiyagi oysterMurrumbidgee oysterOlympia oysterOyster BayOyster cardPacific oysterPortuguese oysterRocky Mountain oysterSpanish oysterSydney rock oysterViennese oysterVirginia oysterWellfleet oysterblack-bordered oysterblack-lip pearl oysterbluff oysterbox oysterbunch oystercockscomb oystercommon European oystercoon oystercorn oysterdredge oystereastern oysteredible oysterfeather oysterfresh-water oystergold-lip oystergreen oyster