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shell back

American  

noun

  1. an underside of a spoon bowl ornamented with a shell motif.


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Hoping to bring the shell back to the US, the family packed it in their return luggage.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2022

It has a scorpion tail, a turtle shell back, six bear legs, and a human-lion head.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2021

You take that shell back home with you and it serves as this talisman, this object of beauty.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2021

He had popped open an English walnut, sticking it in there, gluing the shell back together and mixing it in with a bag of other walnuts.

From Washington Times Jul. 15, 2014

“It’s just, all the girls were losing their shit over you guys, and I just. She tossed the shell back into the ocean. “I’m immune to the romantic pirate trope.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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