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Definition of Shellbacks
1. shellback [n] - See also: shellback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shellbacks
Literary usage of Shellbacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Tale of Two Oceans: A New Story by an Old Californian : an Account of a by Ezekiel I. Barra (1893)
"They, being old shellbacks, were not affected by the motion of the ship. The dinner
consisted of salt beef, salt pork, cabbage, potatoes, and plum duff with ..."
2. South Sea Foam: The Romantic Adventures of a Modern Don Quixote in the by Arnold Safroni-Middleton (1920)
"It was nearly midnight when the inevitable argument arose and the shellbacks and
traders took sides. I often wonder how O'Hara and I escaped suffocation in ..."
3. South Sea Foam: The Romantic Adventures of a Modern Don Quixote in the by Arnold Safroni-Middleton (1920)
"His deplorable wit brought forth roars of laughter from the assemblage of shellbacks
and half-castes who haunted their presence. ..."
4. A Vagabond's Odyssey: Being Further Reminiscences of a ... Sailor-troubadour by A Safroni-Middleton (1916)
"He has come back from Apia town and is tired, yet secretly as pleased as the two
old shellbacks who have carried his curios back, and who hitch up their ..."
5. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"'Skippers and shellbacks,' 1885. 3. ' School Board Idylls/ 1886. 4. 'Schools and
Scholars/ 1887. 6. 'The Chequers, being the Natural History of a Public ..."
6. The Bookman (1903)
"Shore folks have the idea we're a lot of old water-logged, barnacle-covered
shellbacks, always hitching up our trousers and chewing plug tobacco. ..."
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