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- noun Plural form of
snailshell .
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Examples
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She made little boats out of birch-bark, and freighted them with snailshells, and sent out more ventures on the mighty deep than any merchant in New England; but the larger part of them foundered near the shore.
The Scarlet Letter 2002
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She made little boats out of birch-bark, and freighted them with snailshells, and sent out more ventures on the mighty deep than any merchant in New England; but the larger part of them foundered near the shore.
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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