hard-shell
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Some bags—like the hard-shell United case he uses to carry medications—get frequent use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 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
Nerds, another Ferrara brand, has a hard-shell version.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Wednesday, March 17th.—Seventeen years ago Lord Balfour of Burleigh, as a hard-shell Free Trader, sacrificed office sooner than bow the knee to the new gods of Birmingham.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 24, 1920. by Various
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