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whelk stall — [whelk stall] noun (in Britain) a small covered stand from which ↑whelks (= small sea animals in shells) and other types of cheap ↑seafood are sold. Whelk stalls were traditionally found on the streets of the ↑East End of London, and in British ↑ … Useful english dictionary
whelk stall — noun A small enterprise which is very simple to run. The Group Executive Committee couldnt run a whelk stall! … Wiktionary
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The Sound of the Mountain — infobox book name = The Sound of the Mountain title orig = 山の音 Yama no Oto author = Yasunari Kawabata country = Japan language = Japanese genre = Novel publisher = pub date = english pub date = 1970 media type = Print (paperback) preceded by =… … Wikipedia
