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单词 cockle wife
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cockle wife
cockle wife n. now chiefly historical a woman who gathers or harvests cockles to eat or sell; = cockle woman n.
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1877 South Wales Daily News 26 Dec. 2/7 Then, there are the cockle-wives, sitting by the side of their well-filled wooden vessels.
1911 39th Ann. Rep. Local Govt. Board 1909–10 195 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 5313) XXXIX. 651 At the end of a day's work at Penclawdd, there may be seen numerous cockle-wives sitting by the side of a rivulet which traverses the sands.
2000 R. Bradshaw Stony Path xii. 155 The farthing fairs, bathing machines, cockle wives, Punch and Judy shows and donkey rides did a roaring trade.
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