Case
Nutshell
Nutshell noun - The shell around the kernel of a nut.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- In a nutshell — something that shouldn't be there, was, which proves nothing in this case.
Source: Absence of Evidence -
Generally of the "dated but loveable personality" type, but swings into "no nonsense" when the situation calls for it... In a nutshell, he's a textbook case.
Source: Cool Old Guy - In a nutshell the word "conscription" means forced service in one's country's armed forces or civil services on pain of prison or (worst case scenario) death.
Source: Conscription
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