hard–shell

adjective \-ˌshel\

Definition of HARD-SHELL

: fundamental 2b, fundamentalist <a hard–shell preacher> <hard–shell Baptists>; also : uncompromising, hidebound <a hard–shell conservative>

hard–shell or hard–shelled \-ˌsheld\

1838

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