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Definition of "smooth-shelled" []

  • Having a smooth shell (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "smooth-shelled" in a sentence
  • "Then there were chick-peas and lupines, all the smooth-shelled nuts you wanted, and an apple apiece, but I got away with two, and here they are, tied up in my napkin; for I'll have a row on my hands if I don't bring some kind of a present home to my favorite slave."
  • "He watched the little smooth-shelled machine pull the cart away."
  • "Then there were chick-peas and lupines, all the smooth-shelled nuts you wanted, and an apple apiece, but I got away with two, and here they are, tied up in my napkin; for I'll have a row on my hands if I don't bring some kind of"
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