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- noun Plural form of
shagreen .
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Examples
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“This,” the man of science interrupted, as he resumed, “this is quite another thing; between these two shagreens, sir, there is a difference just as wide as between sea and land, or fish and flesh.
The Magic Skin 2007
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"This," the man of science interrupted, as he resumed, "this is quite another thing; between these two shagreens, sir, there is a difference just as wide as between sea and land, or fish and flesh.
The Magic Skin Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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