Definitions
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- adjective having a smooth shell
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Examples
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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.
Satyricon 2007
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He watched the little smooth-shelled machine pull the cart away.
Destiny's Road Niven, Larry 1997
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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
The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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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
The Satyricon — Volume 02: Dinner of Trimalchio 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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In a number of instances I was able to find that the nuts which were planted were smooth-shelled nuts, either sieboldiana or cordiformis.
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M. edulis and M. galloprovincialis, which are both smooth-shelled blue mussels with antitropical distributions.
A Snail's Eye View 2008
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The smooth-shelled android pressed a small square of cardboard into Gin’s hand.
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The smooth-shelled android pressed a small square of cardboard into Gin’s hand.
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The smooth-shelled android pressed a small square of cardboard into Gin’s hand.
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