Definition of Cockleshells

1. Noun. (plural of cockleshell) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cockleshells

1. cockleshell [n] - See also: cockleshell

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockleshells

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

Literary usage of Cockleshells

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Way of Saint James by Georgiana Goddard King (1920)
"A postal ado cockleshells town, in the interest of the pilgrims. A bit of carving above the capital of Lazarus is curiously like the wreathen marble pillars ..."

2. Highways and Byways in Devon and Cornwall by Arthur Hamilton Norway (1900)
"... little dockyard on the harbour two little cockleshells, no larger than a modern pilot boat, were being overhauled and fitted staunchly out of Devon oak. ..."

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