Lexicographical Neighbors of Softshells
Literary usage of Softshells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Tammany Hall by Gustavus Myers (1917)
"The " softshells" were composed of a remnant of the " Barnburners" l and that
part of the " Hunkers " who believed in a full union with the " Barnburners," ..."
2. The History of Tammany Hall by Gustavus Myers (1917)
"The " softshells " were composed of a remnant of the " Barnburners " 1 and that
... Angered at the appointment of " Hardshell " inspectors, the " softshells ..."
3. The History of Tammany Hall by Gustavus Myers (1901)
"The " softshells " were composed of a remnant of the " Barnburners " * and that
part of the " Hunkers " who believed in a full union with the " Barnburners ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1897)
"It is not to be wondered at that the softshells have not been ... The time has
come when the softshells have made up their minds to be hardshells too. ..."
5. Proceedings (1903)
"2 softshells, $7.55 per 100 pounds; for No. 1 hardshells, $9.51- J per 100 ...
1 softshells, and, as appears from the report, the growers received the ..."
6. The Democratic Party of the State of New York: A History of the Origin by James K. McGuire, Martin Wilie Littleton (1905)
"The two factions of the Democratic Party in New York, popularly known as "Hunkers"
and "Barnburners," "Hardshells" and "softshells" or later as simply ..."
7. The History of Tammany Hall by Gustavus Myers (1901)
"ors, the " softshells" broke in the door of the committee room, assaulted the
members of the committee with chairs, fractured some heads and forced the ..."
8. Life After Logging: Reconciling Wildlife Conservation and Production by E. Meijaard (2005)
"Of all the freshwater turtles/terrapins that are consumed (primarily in China
and Taiwan), softshells (Family Trionychidae) are considered the best, ..."
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