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hard-shell crab in British Englishnouna crab, esp of the edible species Cancer pagurus, that has not recently moulted and therefore has a hard shell Compare soft-shell crab hard-shell crab in American Englishnouna crab, esp. an edible crab, that has not recently molted and has a hard shell Word origin [1900–05 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clone, elder statesman, hookup, hydroplane, throwaway |