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 Cockle Shells.Cockles of the Heart. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cockles.
 
To cry cockles. To be hanged; from the gurgling noise made in strangulation.   1
 


 Cockle Shells.Cockles of the Heart. 

 
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