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hard-shell

[hahrd-shel]

hard-shell

[hahrd-shel]
adjective
1.
Also, hard-shelled. having a firm, hard shell, as a crab in its normal state; not having recently molted.
2.
rigid or uncompromising.

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Hard-shell is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1790–1800
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hard-shell
 
adj
1.  zoology having a shell or carapace that is thick, heavy, or hard
2.  (US) strictly orthodox
 
n
3.  another name for the quahog

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