Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
chaffinch , 1. - Abounding in, provided with, or covered with shells.
- Consisting of a shell or shells; forming or formed by a shell.
- Of the nature of a shell; testaceous; conchylious; chitinous, as the carapace of a crab; calcareous, as the shell of a mollusk; silicious, as the test of a radiolarian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Composed of the
shells of dead marine creatures - adjective Resembling, or comprising, the
shell of amollusc - adjective Abounding with
shells .
Etymologies
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Examples
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March 21st, 2010 at 6: 16 pm tombaker says: crazy shelly is “pro-stitute”. and her johns are all creepy, icky old dudes. eeeeewwwwwwww.
Think Progress » Fox ‘News’ cheerleads for Tea Party protesters. 2010
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At the hospital, she did write down the word "shelly" and when asked if she meant Sheckles, she shook her head yes.
Evening News and Tribune Homepage By MATT THACKER 2010
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The fossils, which were described as "shelly" and are believed to have bellowed to primitive sponge-like creatures that dwelled in ocean reefs, were unearthed below 635 million year old South Australian glacial deposits.
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It is so clear they are the same guy: Bush third term continues. shelly pruss
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He should know since Bush seemed to take his marching orders from Cheney and the CFR goons. shelly
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Write to Shelly Banjo at shelly.banjo@wsj.com and Erica Orden at erica.orden@wsj.com
Richie Rich Could've Used This Camp Shelly Banjo 2011
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Or am I reading the SLOG or the crimewatch guy's blog? shelly did the johns know she was forced into prostitution?
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Some variation on a chocolate nut pie - usually involving pecans. shelly Nov 17
Apples & Leaves Pie Top Cutter and a Giveaway! | Baking Bites 2009
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Write to Dawn Wotapka at dawn. wotapka@dowjones.com and Shelly Banjo at shelly. banjo@wsj.com
Edge Ends for Renters Dawn Wotapka 2010
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If we are a nation of laws as shelly suggests, why then are the Dems cannonizing someone who left his "date" to drown in a river and who felt he never did anything morally wrong?
bilby commented on the word shelly
Silly shilly-shallying Sally shrilly sang softly a shelly Seychelles sea-shanty.
January 10, 2024