cockle-strewer love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A person whose duty it was to strew the earth with cockle-shells for the game of pall-mall.

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  • I've been a climbing partner, pinochle opponent, and first baseman. I've never been a cockle-strewer.

    December 9, 2011