Definition of Cockles

1. Noun. (plural of cockle) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of cockle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cockles

1. cockle [v] - See also: cockle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockles

cockiness
cockinesses
cocking
cocking of a snook
cocking of snooks
cockish
cockle
cockle-bur
cockle-burr
cocklebur
cockleburr
cockleburs
cockled
cockler
cocklers
cockles (current term)
cockleshell
cockleshells
cockless
cocklicker
cocklickers
cocklike
cockling
cockloft
cocklofts
cockmaster
cockmasters
cockmatch
cockmatches
cockmunch

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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