单词 | cockler |
释义 | cocklern. Originally English regional (north-western). A person who gathers or harvests cockles to eat or sell. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > for other shellfish mussel man1459 cockler1769 cockle picker1801 cockle woman1827 mussel-gatherer1859 cockle wife1877 scalloper1887 clammer1888 winkler1889 quahogger1910 1769 T. Gray Jrnl. 11 Oct. in Corr. (1971) III. 1104 A brother of the trade, a cockler, as he styled him. 1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 418 He sees the ‘cocklers’ busy among the briny pools. 1941 Daily Mail 29 Mar. 3/7 Dee shrimpers and cocklers, who know every inch of the river, the marshes, and the quicksands. 2013 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 11 Jan. 11 The agency says tackling illegal cocklers is crucial if the fishery, off Flint and Greenfield, is to continue to grow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1769 |
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