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shell back
noun
- an underside of a spoon bowl ornamented with a shell motif.
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In Gods name, how dare you talk of bringing that empty shell back into the living world?
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It's the same old shell-back, sir, only he's turned oysterman, bein' too stiff in the joints for much deep-sea work.
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She sniffed as she moved slowly along towards the school, with the second lunch carried carefully on her broad shell-back.
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Mr. Vandyne is a ship-owner, an' has plenty of work for an old shell-back like me.
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"For an old shell-back like me the only place is the fo'castle," he said in reply to all their arguments.
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