shellful

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noun

Enough to fill a shell.

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Meanings

nounshellful (plural shellfuls or shellsful)

plural shellfuls · plural shellsful

  1. Enough to fill a shell.

    "Coomara! And a mighty dacint sort of a name it is, too," cried Jack, taking another shellful: "here's, then, to your good health, Coomara, and may you live these fifty years."

    1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 532

Origin

From shell + -ful.

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APA

shellful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shellful

MLA

“shellful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shellful. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shellful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shellful.

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