shellwork
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shellwork
Example Sentences
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Art was not somthing that could be depended on, though all right for a hobby, like shellwork or wood carving.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Several "waganga," recognizable by their badges of conical shellwork, came boldly forward.
From Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules
These remarkable creations are so utterly tasteless, with masses of bristling shellwork and crude, ungainly statues, that we wondered how anything so inartistic could find a home upon Italian soil.
From In Château Land by Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth
They have belts of shellwork slung across their shoulders, and are armed with bows and arrows, and flint-headed spears.
From Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
She knows French, musick, and drawing, sews neatly, makes shellwork, and can milk cows; in short, she can do every thing.
From Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) by Boswell, James
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