sheller
a person, device, machine, etc., that shells something, as peas or clams.
a person who collects seashells.
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How to use sheller in a sentence
As Wu traveled to rural areas trying to sell her maize sheller and became fluent in Swahili, she learned that solar-powered products were in high demand in these communities.
He received commissions of every character, from the purchase of a corn sheller to the matching of a blue ribbon.
David Dunne | Belle Kanaris ManiatesIn fact, he was fairly famous in his county as the inventor of a hemp-brake, a clover-sheller, a bellows and threshing machine.
The Romance of the Reaper | Herbert Newton CassonI remember one of his complaints was in regard to a pea-sheller which he had seen at work in one of our monster hotels.
An American Four-In-Hand in Britain | Andrew CarnegieHe was a man of powerful body and unusual endurance; the sort of man you could attach to a corn-sheller as you would an engine.
O Pioneers! | Willa Cather
We run it with a two-hole corn sheller, a set of 16-inch burr stones, and an elevator.
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