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Meanings of little shells in English

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Usage of little shells in English
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The wicked little shells licked like a rising tide along our right flank.
The Relief of Mafeking / How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flyi...
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N.B.-Theseare little shells which our children call blackamoors' teeth.
The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton
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These pretty little shells, in shades from yellow to brown, are well concealed among the dimly-lit seaweed.
Let's Collect Rocks and Shells
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These beautiful little shells are of all sizes, from half an inch to two inches in length.
Australian Search Party
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The stones were full of little shells.
Under the Tree
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There seems to be some plan of passion in Pope's grotto, stuck with spar and little shells.
Hearts of Controversy
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The queer little shells are seen everywhere, and the air resounds with the songs of the freed prisoners.
The Insect Folk
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They are so thick that out of a single ounce of the mud 150 little shells were obtained.
The Naturalist on the Thames
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But the creatures which live in these little shells are about the least finished of Madam How's works.
Madam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Chil...
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There were, besides, some of the little shells that we call buckies; I think periwinkle is the English name.
The Ontario High School Reader
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The weed brought by the gulf stream, floated around-somebranches we fished up, were full of beautiful little shells.
Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
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On that table were three little shells in a row, and there was a little pea under the middle shell.
The University of Hard Knocks
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There was a "what-not" in the corner covered with little shells and filled with strange and wonderful things.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 / Little Jou...
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Her hair was done up in an irreproachable style, and her finger-nails were carefully manicured and pink like little shells.
Different Girls
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The starry skies and the great ocean and the little shells beneath my hand,-howwonderful are thy works, O Lord!
To Have and to Hold
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He had been beaten until dead with scourges of little shells tied together-suchwas their custom, to sometimes so sacrifice men.
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
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