conch-shell

• “I remember when Charlie was born, checking him for all ten fingers and toes, studying his delicate pink lips and the conch-shell curviness of his ears.”

  Simon & Schuster: Left Neglected

• “Since Marcel doesn't have a body, dress in a neutral, conch-shell color -- this American Apparel bodysuit ($24) is perfect.”

  The Huffington Post: Michelle Madhok: Reach Halloween Costume Infamy as Viral Video: Marcel the Shell With Shoes on

• “The high notes of the Coosa hilishaya carried on the smoky and humid air, followed by the distinctive timbre of a conch-shell horn.”

  Simon & Schuster: Fire The Sky

• “There is Princess Gloriana amid sea demigods with conch-shell trumpets and mer-people and fishes of every size from sprat to leviathan.”

  Fictionaut: Nutrition

• “The metal formed three "loops" on one side caused by the snake, an arm holding a conch-shell and the discus.”

  Startling CIA findings on Longevity & Hindu Spiriualism: Sure to Make you feel Thrilled

• “Each divine being is assigned special shapes, colors, and/or identifying objects, such as lotus, conch-shell, thunderbolt, and begging bowl.”

  ARTISTIC GALLERY

• “He settled for a conch-shell floating on the water.”

  Duma Key

• “It was 9.5 this morning when I set off to the stream-side to my weeding; where I toiled, manuring the ground with the best enricher, human sweat, till the conch-shell was blown from our verandah at 10.30.”

  Vailima Letters

• “Nothing less, it seemed, was going to convince him that the outer shell of the man he'd met hid a totally different creature inside, rather like a beautiful spiky and shiny conch-shell hiding the slippery slug-like mollusc inside, a gastropod inching along on its stomach.”

  Penalty

• “She just stood there fidgeting, the ansoopial koksaghyz, fixed upon the ceiling from which the bamboo had flown, stood there wrapped like a conch-shell burrito in the purple-red dyes of Canaan/Phoenicia, stood there for several minutes, picking at her seat, regarding the fresh plaster, until at exactly 3: 00 P.M., at precisely the moment that the New York kicker's toe met the ovoid flank of the virgin football, the orchestra struck up her tune.”

  Skinny Legs and All

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