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cockle

[kok-uhl] / ˈkɒk əl /
NOUN
shell
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Scallop on a cauliflower purée bed and cockle popcorn and chorizo crumb.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2023

“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

More recently, treating it using a combination of compost, limestone and cockle shells has been more effective.

From BBC • May 2, 2018

It seemed as if there were to be no longer a native idiom, and the good grain was choked up by the intruding cockle which flourished by its side.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac