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Definition of Eggshells
1. eggshell [n] - See also: eggshell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eggshells
Literary usage of Eggshells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Voyages of Joseph Wiggins, F.R.G.S.: Modern Discoverer of the by Henry Johnson (1907)
"... Thames— Lecturing—Encouragement of competition—The best kind of monopoly—A
foolhardy expedition—" eggshells of steamers" — Development of the sea-route ..."
2. Ostriches and Ostrich Farming by Julius de Mosenthal, James Edmund Harting (1877)
"... Its cry — Food — Reproduction — Eggs — Native use of eggshells — Value of the
feathers — Various methods of capture — Ostrich-meat — Its consumption in ..."
3. Teutonic mythology by Jacob Grimm, James Steven Stallybrass (1883)
"Before an Irish changeling they also boil eggshells, till he says : ' I've been
... Before a Scotch one the mother puts twenty-four eggshells on the hearth, ..."
4. The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various by Thomas Keightley (1905)
"The Changeling has nothing peculiar in it ; but the Brewery of eggshells is one
which we ... In the present version, the mother puts down eggshells to boil, ..."
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