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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Shell of an Egg After an egg in the shell has been eaten, many persons break or crush the empty shell. Sir Thomas Brown says this was done originally, "to prevent house-spirits from using the shell for their mischievous pranks." (Book v., chap. xxiii.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SHELL OF AN EGG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Albanian | guaskë veze. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ellshay ofay anay eggay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-g-g-h-l-l-n-o-s" | |
-4 letters: allonges, eggshell, enhaloes, fenagles, galleons, gasogene, gasolene, halogens, longleaf, selfheal. | |
-5 letters: agelong, alleges, allonge, engages, enhalos, enolase, fellahs, felloes, fenagle, flagons, flanges, galleon, gallons, galoshe, haggles, halloes, halogen, helloes, legongs, oneself, solfege. | |
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