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walnut-shell - definition and meaning
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Kim took the waxed walnut-shell and read in English on the back of his note: Your favour received.
Kim 2003
The woman lost no time in seeking for a roomy walnut-shell , which she lined thickly with white satin, and on it she placed the mattress, with the child, whom she called Maia, upon it.
The Olive Fairy Book 2003
The leaf farthest away was the largest, and to this the old toad swam with Thumbelina in her walnut-shell .
The Yellow Fairy Book 2003
‘This would make a beautiful wife for my son,’ said the toad, taking up the walnut-shell , with Thumbelina inside, and hopping with it through the window into the garden.
The Yellow Fairy Book 2003
An elegant polished walnut-shell served Thumbelina as a cradle, the blue petals of a violet were her mattress, and a rose-leaf her coverlid.
The Yellow Fairy Book 2003
Dev had meaty lips, chapped red cheeks, and walnut-shell eyelids beneath a prominent dark brow, and was as wide of hip as she was thin of guile.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
Dev had meaty lips, chapped red cheeks, and walnut-shell eyelids beneath a prominent dark brow, and was as wide of hip as she was thin of guile.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
Even butternut was now none too plentiful, and many of the soldiers were dressed in captured Yankee uniforms which had been turned a dark-brown color with walnut-shell dye.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
Even butternut was now none too plentiful, and many of the soldiers were dressed in captured Yankee uniforms which had been turned a dark-brown color with walnut-shell dye.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
Even butternut was now none too plentiful, and many of the soldiers were dressed in captured Yankee uniforms which had been turned a dark-brown color with walnut-shell dye.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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