| 单词 | cockle garden |
| 释义 | > as lemmascockle garden ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > area producing cockles cockle garden1867 cockle pond1877 1867 M. S. Lovell Edible Mollusks Great Brit. & Ireland 28 At Starcross, they have small ‘cockle-gardens’, where the shellfish are kept; and the flavour of these cockles is considered superior to those which are found elsewhere. 1903 S. Beaty-Pownall ‘Queen’ Cookery Bks. No. 12. v. 133 Near Exmouth cockles are actually cultivated, like oysters, in ‘cockle-gardens’. 1912 Standard Ref. Work II. at Cockle The gathering of cockles gives employment to many people in certain parts of Great Britain. In some places these mollusks are raised in ‘cockle gardens’. < as lemmas |
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