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cowrie

, cowry
1. any marine gastropod mollusc of the mostly tropical family Cypraeidae, having a glossy brightly marked shell with an elongated opening
2. the shell of any of these molluscs, esp the shell of Cypraea moneta (money cowry), used as money in parts of Africa and S Asia
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But by the second part of the nineteenth century, one had to pay a thousand cowries for a similar purchase.
After they've moved closer to the terminal, Cowrie and Kuini drag the youth into the bushes and tend to his wounds.
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The hemline of her dress is decorated with silk ribbon, metal sequins, and cowrie shells.
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