Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (
Hippopus maculatus ), often used as an ornament.
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- noun A large
bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as anornament .
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Examples
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When he is at last adjusted like a lay-figure, Mr. Chadband, retiring behind the table, holds up his bear's-paw and says, "My friends!"
Bleak House Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1853
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When he is at last adjusted like a lay-figure, Mr. Chadband, retiring behind the table, holds up his bear's-paw and says, "My friends!"
Bleak House Charles Dickens 1841
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Could you keep accounts, old knight of the bear's-paw? "
Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Charles Kingsley 1847
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