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shellsful

shellsful is the plural of shellful.

Meaning of shellful

Noun

shellful (plural shellfuls or shellsful)

  1. Enough to fill a shell.
    • "Coomara! And a mighty dacint sort of a name it is, too," cried Jack, taking another shellful: "here's, then, to your good health, Coomara, and may you live these fifty years."1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 532

Questions about shellsful

What is shellsful the plural of?
Shellsful is the plural of shellful.

Words near shellsful in the dictionary

  1. shells
  2. shells out
  3. shellscript
  4. shellscripts
  5. Shellses
  6. shellsful
  7. shellshock
  8. shellshocked
  9. shellsort
  10. shellsorts
  11. shellsuit

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