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- noun Plural form of
cockleshell .
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Examples
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Both queens' husbands supposedly cheated on them, and "cockleshells" may refer to this.
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Bloody Mary was renowned for torturing Protestants, and "silver bells" was a nickname for the thumbscrews, while "cockleshells" were believed to be instruments of torture attached to the genitals.
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Both queens' husbands supposedly cheated on them, and "cockleshells" may refer to this.
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Bloody Mary was renowned for torturing Protestants, and "silver bells" was a nickname for the thumbscrews, while "cockleshells" were believed to be instruments of torture attached to the genitals.
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They lie in parallel lines along the beach, laid down by the retreat of successive tides, a jumble of bleached razorshells, ottershells and cockleshells with the occasional rarer find hidden among them.
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Keen on the silver bells and cockleshells ... a 17th-century Dutch portrait of Queen Mary I of England, aka 'Bloody Mary'.
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The nursery rhyme includes references to several Catholic symbols: the silver bells were the bells rung during mass; cockleshells were worn on the hats of pilgrims on their way to visit holy shrines; and pretty maids all in a row were nuns at prayer.
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How did nine little boats (veritable cockleshells, even at 60 feet) splashing across the Seven Seas become such a spectacular draw?
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Indeed, instances have been known of concretions in the bladder so shaped as closely to resemble cockleshells.
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With silver bells, and cockleshells, And pretty maids all in a row.
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