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Bungee-strapped to her new beau on his scooter, Georgia extends her arms to draw in the sunshine (see also: the forthcoming DVD cover), and as we fade out with Easy and sons bonding over steak and beers, our cockles are warmed - the movie forgotten.— Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue
A sweater on a cold-hearted SOB does warm the cockles, apparently.— Liblogs.ca latest blog entries
While the name itself conjures up images of insipid films that are designed to warm your cockles, the reality is, the festival is anything but that.— thedaily.com.au: Breaking News
When the tide was out I spent hours on the sands, looking at the star-fish and sea-urchins, or watching the children digging for sand-eels, cockles, and the spouting razor-fish.— Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville
Their food is bread in cakes, whereof a penny serves a week for each; potatoes from August till May; muscles, cockles, and oysters, near the sea; eggs and butter, made very rancid by keeping in bogs.— An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800

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