paper-shelled
[pey-per-sheld]
- having a thin, easily broken shell: paper-shelled nuts.
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Origin of paper-shelled
First recorded in 1880–85
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The Jordan nuts are best, but the paper-shelled ones will answer.
Standard Paper-Bag CookeryEmma Paddock Telford
It matters little whether you go for paper-shelled English walnuts or for plate-armored pignuts so long as you go.
The Fall of the YearDallas Lore Sharp
The horticulturist has developed forms twice the size of the native nuts, and with shells so thin as to be styled "paper-shelled."
Trees of IndianaCharles Clemon Deam