1
: one that shells
a peanut sheller
2
: a person who collects seashells
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While gastropods and bivalves are the main draw of both Sanibel and Captiva, even non-shellers find reasons to get out on the sand.
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Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Seasoned shellers know that timing is everything when uncovering rare finds.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
An easier way of facilitating kernel removal is with a metal popcorn sheller.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 12 July 2025
Crocodile farms in Thailand, shrimp shellers in India, crop circles in Kansas.
—Gaya Gupta, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Tuberville even got a shoutout as the Alabama senator in Warnock’s latest ad, which features the Georgian underneath a peanut sheller.
—al, 12 Oct. 2022
Hewey and his team of mechanical engineers, fabricators, and master welders retrofit existing processing equipment, as well as outright design their own, to maximize quality, efficiency, and extraction on the processing line: the leg roller, the spin sheller, the tail splitter, the claw saw.
—Adam Erace, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2021
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Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Seasoned shellers know that timing is everything when uncovering rare finds.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
An easier way of facilitating kernel removal is with a metal popcorn sheller.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 12 July 2025
Crocodile farms in Thailand, shrimp shellers in India, crop circles in Kansas.
—Gaya Gupta, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Tuberville even got a shoutout as the Alabama senator in Warnock’s latest ad, which features the Georgian underneath a peanut sheller.
—al, 12 Oct. 2022
Hewey and his team of mechanical engineers, fabricators, and master welders retrofit existing processing equipment, as well as outright design their own, to maximize quality, efficiency, and extraction on the processing line: the leg roller, the spin sheller, the tail splitter, the claw saw.
—Adam Erace, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2021
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“Sheller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheller. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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