Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A soft-shelled crab.
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Examples
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He will pay only a few cents more for the big paper-shell.
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In general, the southern or "paper-shell" varieties require from
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In the market you could not offer them in competition with the paper-shell variety, but we are quite well pleased with them.
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Due to the small differential in the wholesale price of the native and the paper-shell, the larger native trees are no longer top-grafted but are encouraged in every way for heavy production.
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"Ha! rowing one o 'them paper-shell skiffs of Cameron's _one_ thing; the ash oars to my punt ain't for baby's han's," growled the miller.
Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace Alice B. Emerson
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At the present time the commercial varieties consist mainly of the large so-called "paper-shell" sorts of southern origin.
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The majority of the settlers wintered in little paper-shell hovels, of single thin board walls, the boards often sprung apart and cracked by the dry winds; a thin layer of tar paper outside and a layer of building paper on the inside, which as a rule was stretched across the studding to provide insulation between the wall and lining.
Land of the Burnt Thigh Edith Eudora Kohl
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Snowy rice cakes, shreds of candied cocoanut, preserved ginger and brown paper-shell nuts with the usual Chinese eating utensils were placed before us.
The Lure of San Francisco A Romance Amid Old Landmarks Mabel Thayer Gray
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This leaves the big paper-shell to seek a special market at an advertising cost.
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This is noticeably true in regard to pecans, when the large paper-shell types, which have a rather dry, sweet kernel, are almost invariably preferred to the smaller ones of finer flavor, which are plump and have slightly thicker shells.
Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin Carl Weschcke 1933
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