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The expression "in a nutshell" (of a story, proof, etc.) means "in essence", metaphorically alluding to the fact that the essence of the nut – its edible part – is contained inside its shell. The expression further gave rise to the journalistic term nut graph , short for nutshell paragraph .
While slang is usually inappropriate for formal settings, this assortment includes well-known expressions from that time, with some still in use today, e.g., blind date, cutie-pie, freebie, and take the ball and run. [2] These items were gathered from published sources documenting 1920s slang, including books, PDFs, and websites.
[1] [2]: 261f [3] The abbreviated term can be spelled in these two ways, but also in ways that join the words in these compound expressions (e.g., nutgraph). [4] In the case of a two-paragraph extended lede, the nut graph follows those two, as needed; hence, the nut graph is generally the second or third paragraph following a journalistic lede.
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An illegal shell game performed with bottle caps on Fulton Street in New York City. The shell game (also known as thimblerig, three shells and a pea, the old army game) is a public gambling game that challenges players to follow the movement of a marker hidden under one of several covers (shells).
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A nutshell is the outer shell of a nut. Nutshell may also refer to: Nut graph, a nutshell paragraph explaining the context of a story; Nutshell (program), a data engine in the early 1980s, succeeded by FileMaker; Nutshell (band), a folk group from Great Britain; Nutshell, a 2016 novel by English author Ian McEwan
A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible. In general usage and in a culinary sense, many dry seeds are called nuts, but in a botanical context, "nut" implies that the shell does not open to release the seed (indehiscent).