Definition of Softshells

1. softshell [n] - See also: softshell

Lexicographical Neighbors of Softshells

softner
softners
softness
softnesses
softnose
softographies
softography
softpaste
softphone
softphones
softroader
softroaders
softs
softshell
softshell turtle
softshells (current term)
softshoe
softsoap
softspoken
softsynth
softsynths
software
software architect
software architects
software architecture
software configuration management
software deployment
software design
software designs
software development

Literary usage of Softshells

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Tammany Hall by Gustavus Myers (1917)
"The " softshells" were composed of a remnant of the " Barnburners" l and that part of the " Hunkers " who believed in a full union with the " Barnburners," ..."

2. The History of Tammany Hall by Gustavus Myers (1917)
"The " softshells " were composed of a remnant of the " Barnburners " 1 and that ... Angered at the appointment of " Hardshell " inspectors, the " softshells ..."

3. The History of Tammany Hall by Gustavus Myers (1901)
"The " softshells " were composed of a remnant of the " Barnburners " * and that part of the " Hunkers " who believed in a full union with the " Barnburners ..."

4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1897)
"It is not to be wondered at that the softshells have not been ... The time has come when the softshells have made up their minds to be hardshells too. ..."

5. Proceedings (1903)
"2 softshells, $7.55 per 100 pounds; for No. 1 hardshells, $9.51- J per 100 ... 1 softshells, and, as appears from the report, the growers received the ..."

6. The Democratic Party of the State of New York: A History of the Origin by James K. McGuire, Martin Wilie Littleton (1905)
"The two factions of the Democratic Party in New York, popularly known as "Hunkers" and "Barnburners," "Hardshells" and "softshells" or later as simply ..."

7. The History of Tammany Hall by Gustavus Myers (1901)
"ors, the " softshells" broke in the door of the committee room, assaulted the members of the committee with chairs, fractured some heads and forced the ..."

8. Life After Logging: Reconciling Wildlife Conservation and Production by E. Meijaard (2005)
"Of all the freshwater turtles/terrapins that are consumed (primarily in China and Taiwan), softshells (Family Trionychidae) are considered the best, ..."

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