单词 | cockle bed |
释义 | > as lemmascockle bed cockle bed n. an area of sand, the coast, etc., where large numbers of cockles can be harvested. ΚΠ 1785 Whitehall Evening-post 31 May–2 June (advt.) To be sold by private contract, a moiety of the Manor of Seaton Carew, in the County of Durham, which extends from the Westermost Cockle-Bed Land in the River Teese [etc.]. 1813 N. Carlisle Topogr. Dict. Scotl. II. sig. 4K A sandy Bay, the whole of which is one continued cockle-bed. 1975 Countryman Autumn 62 I can visualise him a few years back, working by the Overy cockle beds. 2004 Sun (Nexis) 11 Feb. The notorious Red Bank cockle bed on Morecambe Bay, where 19 Chinese immigrants drowned on Thursday, was back in business yesterday. < as lemmas |
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