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Meanings of hard shell in English

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Usage of hard shell in English
1
There is the coconut approach, which protects everything inside a hard shell.
The Irish Times
2
The black walnut has both a hard shell and a fleshy covering.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889
3
More durable than all-foam helmets, but lighter than the classic hard shell.
Climbing Magazine
4
The hen lays eggs, each of which is inclosed in a hard shell.
A Book of Natural History / Young Folks' Library Volume XIV.
5
He was using the hard shell of the dead branch for a drum.
The Magic Speech Flower / or Little Luke and His Animal Friends
6
Nose to nose the horses sped over the hard shell road.
A Little Florida Lady
7
Proofing-soakingin lukewarm water-softensthe hard shell around the active dry yeast granules.
Cooking for geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food
8
The cordial glass was still sealed in the hard shell of her fist.
Fear nothing
9
You are growing more and more self-centred, surrounding yourself with a hard shell.
A Far Country — Volume 2
10
Her limbs and chest were encased in a thick, hard shell.
Bones to Ashes
11
Nothing could get into that hard shell; nothing at all.
Second glance
12
Then she touched the skin of his stomach and turned that into hard shell.
Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories
13
Growing olives from seeds is promoted by assisting nature to break the hard shell.
One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
14
She looked at Goode as though he had six legs and a hard shell.
Murder in the Gunroom
15
Looking at him punctured the hard shell that had begun to encase Megan's soul.
Depraved
16
Strange whiny noises propagated down the arm into the hard shell of the arklet.
Seveneves
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United States of America
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