Definition of: soft-shell

(sôft′shel′, soft′-) adjective
1. Having a soft shell, as certain clams, or a crab or lobster after shedding its shell: also soft′–shelled′.
2. U.S. Colloq. Somewhat moderate in opinion or doctrine; somewhat liberal; not hidebound: a soft–shell Baptist.
—noun A crab which has lately shed its shell: also soft–shelled crab.

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