Synonyms for hard-shell


Grammar : Adj
Spell : hahrd-shel
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrdˌʃɛl

Top 10 synonyms for hard-shell Other synonyms for the word hard-shell

Définition of hard-shell

  • adj confirmed
Example sentences :
  • The former is sold in the San Francisco markets as the "hard-shell clam."
  • Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
  • He is such a hard-shell being that he cannot put out feelers to his kind.
  • Extract from : « Greenmantle » by John Buchan
  • This man was a Hard-shell Baptist, commonly imperturbable to outside sights and doings when the spirit moved him.
  • Extract from : « The Lincoln Story Book » by Henry L. Williams
  • The Almonds commonly sold by nurserymen in the east are hard-shell varieties, and the nuts are not good enough for commerce.
  • Extract from : « The Practical Garden-Book » by C. E. Hunn
  • These people boast that their hard-shell wheat is decidedly superior to that of Dakota and Minnesota.
  • Extract from : « A Summer's Outing » by Carter H. Harrison
  • When the oyster season closes in April, the hard-shell clam comes into vogue, the season lasting until September or October.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
  • It cannot compare in flavor with Venus mercenaria, the "hard-shell clam" south of Cape Cod.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
  • We may jeer or condemn the Attas for their hard-shell existence, but there comes to mind again and again, the wonder of it all.
  • Extract from : « Edge of the Jungle » by William Beebe
  • Adam must have had a hard-shell back and a soft-shell stomach, like an armadillo—how does it run?
  • Extract from : « IT and Other Stories » by Gouverneur Morris
  • Find out what you yourself really do think, and if you turn out a Sun-worshiper or a Hard-shell Baptist, why, good luck.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of the Hawk » by Sinclair Lewis
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