cockle

Example Sentences

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“When our team went back a year later, it was just covered in cockle shells,” Barber said.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023

“This tells us that all of those nearly identical cancers came from a single cockle in the past,” Metzger said.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023

Shell Beach is made up of billions of shells, specifically cockle shells that breed unchecked due to the high salinity of the water and the lack of predators able to survive in all that salt.

From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2017

Mr Gradwell said while "significant sums" were pocketed by the gangmaster, the cockle pickers earned "a pittance".

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2014

"When cockle shells turn silver bells,15 When wine drieps red frae ilka tree, When frost and snaw will warm us a', Then I'll cum down an' dine wi' thee."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various