Meanings
nounporcelain shell (plural porcelain shells)
plural porcelain shells
- A cowrie.
It was equally the entry point for rare commodities – oriental spices, gold and ‘porcelain’ shells.
2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 199
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