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cockle

noun as in shell

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A collection of fossilized cockle shells, each with a natural hole in the top, perfect for stringing into a necklace “or some other intention,” was found fused into the floor of a cave overlooking Cartagena Harbor in Spain.

We naturally wish to identify all the national dishes; so, "Is this cockle soup, Susanna?"

They loved to bind his forehead with the cockle shells that decked their own tresses.

But in Shakespeare's time Darnel, like Cockle (which see), was the general name for any hurtful weed.

It was the wildest and coldest season of the year, and the vessels in which the attempt was to be made were mere cockle-shells.

Twelve cockle-shells and a halfpenny china figure were ranged solemnly along the mantel-shelf.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cockle, such as: bivalve, mollusk, pucker, ripple, and wrinkle.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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