"bag of shells" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Misconstruction of bagatelle (“trifle”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bags of shells",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "bag of shells (plural bags of shells)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bag, shell."
      ],
      "id": "en-bag_of_shells-en-noun-Y2oBE0yu",
      "links": [
        [
          "bag",
          "bag#English"
        ],
        [
          "shell",
          "shell#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1914, Matthew M. Colton, Frank Armstrong at college, page 39:",
          "text": "For an ordinary intellect, yes, but for me a mere bagatelle, or bag-of-shells, as the ancients have it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A trifle."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "trifle",
          "trifle"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bag of shells"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Misconstruction of bagatelle (“trifle”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bags of shells",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bags of shells",
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      },
      "expansion": "bag of shells (plural bags of shells)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bag, shell."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bag",
          "bag#English"
        ],
        [
          "shell",
          "shell#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1914, Matthew M. Colton, Frank Armstrong at college, page 39:",
          "text": "For an ordinary intellect, yes, but for me a mere bagatelle, or bag-of-shells, as the ancients have it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A trifle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trifle",
          "trifle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bag of shells"
}