cockle-shells

Mr. Dubster then displayed the ingenious intermixture of circles and diamonds projected for the embellishment of his grotto; the first of which were to be formed with cockle-shells, which he meant to colour with blue paint; and the second he proposed shaping with bits of shining black coal.

Camilla 2008

Outside, cockle-shells were piled against the wall; then there were ditches or streamlets cutting through profuse and almost loathsome vegetation, and shining slime fat and iridescent, swarming with loathsome forms of insect and reptile life all rioting under the fierce sun, and among them, almost odious by proximity to such vileness, were small crabs with shells of a heavenly blue.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

“And gather cockle-shells, with Dan Cupid to aid you,” said

Kenilworth 2004

When he yawned, it was potfuls sea cockle-shells. of pickled peas.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

When he yawned, it was potfuls sea cockle-shells. of pickled peas.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

I pulled off my heavy boots, carried them, and ran in my stockings, promptly cutting my foot on some cockle-shells.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

As he and his friend went into the dark mill they could hear sounds of people running about, but by the time they lit up the mill again there was nobody to be seen, but scattered all about the millstones and on the floor were cockle-shells.

Welsh Fairy-Tales and Other Stories P. H. [Editor] Emerson

In Wales, so far as I have heard, the disappointed always find _cockle-shells_.

Welsh Fairy-Tales and Other Stories P. H. [Editor] Emerson

It was the wildest and coldest season of the year, and the vessels in which the attempt was to be made were mere cockle-shells.

The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Ontario. Ministry of Education

She walked in fearlessly, and found herself in a large hall, with walls entirely covered with cockle-shells.

Soap-Bubble Stories For Children Fanny Barry