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Definition of Cockleshells
1. cockleshell [n] - See also: cockleshell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockleshells
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. ..."