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porcelain shells
n. (plural of porcelain shell English)
Usage examples of "porcelain shells".
A disgusting stench drew him to a yellow ear into which a little corncob seemed to have been thrust, while near it hung festoons of porcelain shells, snowy, pink-tipped, and from another bunch hung some trumpets or upturned bells with a faint odor of borage.
They likewise use the before-mentioned porcelain shells in currency.
For the ordinary small currency they use the porcelain shells that come from India.