paper-shelled
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of paper-shelled
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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What's in this paper-shelled, painted, hollow thing ye call 'society' to interest three healthy, wide-awake girls?
From Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
The thin-shelled ones are comparatively thin only, being about like paper-shelled pecans with the shell thinnest on the sides of the nut.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
It is not suggested that these two thin-shelled nuts be exploited as paper-shelled shagbarks since they are poorly formed nuts and of small size.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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