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chicken shells

chicken shells is the plural of chicken shell.

Meaning of chicken shell

Noun

chicken shell (plural chicken shells)

  1. The shell of young oysters, harvested for pearls and for use in ornamental work.
    • Port Essington, one of the "likeliest" places, proved its reputation, and the fishers raised what is known as the best kind of "chicken shell" without any diving appliances whatever.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 274

Questions about chicken shells

What is chicken shells the plural of?
Chicken shells is the plural of chicken shell.

Words near chicken shells in the dictionary

  1. chicken salads
  2. chicken salt
  3. chicken scratch
  4. chicken scratches
  5. chicken shell
  6. chicken shells
  7. chicken shop
  8. chicken shops
  9. chicken sickle
  10. chicken sickles
  11. chicken skin

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