2. Verb. (third-person singular of cockle) ¹
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Definition of Cockles
1. cockle [v] - See also: cockle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockles
Literary usage of Cockles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"(5) To "cry cockles," to be hanged. (4) ». To wrinkle. Fer. dial. (6)». ...
A seller of cockles. COCKLE-SHELL, ». The badge of a pilgrim, worn in the front ..."
2. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1854)
"There seems to be amusement attached to the eating of cockles by our citizens,
and a cockle re-union of a few of a household is attended with mirthfulness, ..."
3. Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1900)
"The humorous writer in the Gentleman's Magazine for February 1738, to whom we
have already referred, maintains that Hot-cockles and More Sacks to the Mill ..."
4. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1826)
"Notice regarding the Discovery of Live cockles in a Peat Moss at a great distance
from the Sea. By JOHN STARK, Esq. MWS Communicated by the Author. ..."
5. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1826)
"That cockles had existed in that spot for a period of unknown antiquity is ascertained
... Specimens of the cockles were laid on the table by Mr Witham, ..."
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