bombshell
Example Sentences
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The lampshells also have nearly disappeared in modern times.
From The Meaning of Evolution by Schmucker, Samuel Christian
These are known as lampshells, because one shell projects beyond the other and curls up at the tip so as to resemble the clay lamps which are dug out of old Roman towns.
From The Meaning of Evolution by Schmucker, Samuel Christian
They next chanced upon sponges, lampshells, orks—but no alligator.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave
