| 单词 | cockle picker |
| 释义 | > as lemmascockle picker cockle picker n. a person who gathers cockles or other shellfish from the shore at low tide, esp. as a job. 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 1801 Weekly Entertainer 20 July 54 Two Welch women, cockle-pickers, came in sight, and were called to assist in getting the body on shore. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. iii. [Proteus] 46 Cocklepickers..waded a little way in the water. 2005 Guardian 10 Jan. i. 1/4 The burgeoning sector of gangmastered labour was first brought to public attention last February, when 23 Chinese cockle pickers died at Morecambe Bay. < as lemmas |
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