noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
warm
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It warms the cockles of my female heart to know that such womanly wiles still continue to manipulate and convince.
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Talk of means-testing pensions hardly warms the cockles .
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This will warm the cockles of a sappy gal's heart.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In the Wash oystercatchers are innocent victims of the collapse of the estuary's cockle fishery.
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It houses sea snails, cockles, mussels, large fish, squid, cuttlefish, octopuses, shrimps and crabs.
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The 40-strong group started loading bags of cockles, which can fetch up to £12 a time, on to a lorry.
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Yesterday, as the group of cockle pickers went about their business, police said there had been no further incidents.