Shell company with lawyer getting case dismissed (6)
I believe the answer is:
cowrie
'shell' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'company with lawyer getting case dismissed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'company' could be 'co' (abbreviation) and 'co' is found in the answer.
'with' could be 'w' (abbreviation) and 'w' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cowrie that I've seen before include "Shell sometimes used as form of money" , "Brightly marked seashell" , "Shell once used as currency" , "Marine gastropod with a shiny shell once used as money in some parts" , "Mollusc (shell used as money)" .)