hard-shell
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He once bought a $117 pair of MSCHF’s Gobstomper shoes whose soles wear down to reveal differing colors in a nod to the hard-shell candy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
He told his father his feet were "made for beaches and not hard-shell boots".
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
"Depending on the contaminant and its chemistry, if it is small enough to pass through the gills of the mussel, it has the potential to accumulate in their tissue or precipitate within the hard-shell structure."
From Science Daily • May 31, 2024
And, owners get a zippered hard-shell case with room for the controller, a netted area for cables and a place to hold the accessory storage box.
From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 2023
The hard-shell will occasionally bear a crop of fruit, as it blooms later, and the blooms seem to resist cold better than the other varieties.
From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Fuller, Andrew S.