• Tortoise-shell

    Full definition of tortoise-shell

    Noun

    1. Alternative form of tortoiseshell

    Adjective

    tortoise-shell

    1. Alternative form of tortoiseshell
      • 1891, w, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The same nervous staccato laugh broke from her thin lips, and her fingers began to play with a long tortoise-shell paper-knife.
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