Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of sunfish, Eupomotis speciosus.
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Examples
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The paddle end had been used as a shovel, beheader and shell-cracker.
The Fuzzy Papers Piper, H. Beam 1962
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The paddle end had been used as a shovel, beheader and shell-cracker.
Little Fuzzy H. Beam Piper 1934
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“The year before that, they sent you a lobster bib and a shell-cracker.
Tishman Speyer Cuts Back on Decadence Before Annual Lobster Bake 2009
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