chicken shell

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chicken shell (plural chicken shells)

  1. The shell of young oysters, harvested for pearls and for use in ornamental work.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 274:
      Port Essington, one of the "likeliest" places, proved its reputation, and the fishers raised what is known as the best kind of "chicken shell" without any diving appliances whatever.
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