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How to use cockle in a sentence
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?"
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland | Kate Douglas WigginThey loved to bind his forehead with the cockle shells that decked their own tresses.
Honey-Bee | Anatole France
But in Shakespeare's time Darnel, like cockle (which see), was the general name for any hurtful weed.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeIt was the wildest and coldest season of the year, and the vessels in which the attempt was to be made were mere cockle-shells.
The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book | VariousTwelve cockle-shells and a halfpenny china figure were ranged solemnly along the mantel-shelf.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
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