Rodolphe Lindt invented the "conche," a revolutionary technique by which he made LINDT Surfin, the world's first smooth melting chocolate. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The beaches around there had small conche shells covering them. From Wordnik.com. [Cost of Crossing the border at Brownsville] Reference
It. conca, Pr. conca, concha, Sp. and Pg. concha, F. conque 16th c., formerly also conche. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: DRASTY CONCHES.] Reference
Although the conche is considered to have revolutionized the chocolate industry, it will remain to the uninitiated a curious sight to see a room full of machines engaged in pummelling chocolate day and night. From Wordnik.com. [Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer] Reference
At a fair held at Frosinone, Caper once saw several women, each one carrying on her head two of these conche filled with water, one balanced on the other; and this for half a mile up a steep road, from the fountain at the foot of the mountain, to the town above. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Diccionario de Mejicanismos, also records the more local names cihuatotolin, conche, mulito, pipila, and totol. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 1] Reference
One of the crew pulls out a conche / whelk? out of the cases being sent out to be processed to show the tourists what it looks like. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
And many a conche. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
Also "conche tu madre". From Wordnik.com. [DeadDog] Reference
2 guage lobes, 14 guage lobes, anti-tragus, tragus, conche, rook. From Wordnik.com. [anti-gens Diary Entry] Reference
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