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cockleshell
1. the shell of the cockle 2. any of the valves of the shells of certain other bivalve molluscs, such as the scallop 3. any small light boat 4. a badge worn by pilgrims Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | What queer fellows your fine painters must be, to think that anybody would venture their lives in such a shapeless old cockleshell as that? Napoleon steps aboard of a little cockleshell, a mere nothing of a skiff, called the Fortune, and in the twinkling of an eye, and in the teeth of the English, who were blockading the place with vessels of the line and cruisers and everything that carries canvas, he lands in France for he always had the faculty of taking the sea at a stride. Thus, then, did these three worthies embark in their cockleshell of a skiff upon this nocturnal expedition, with a wisdom and valor equaled only by the three wise men of Gotham,[1] who adventured to sea in a bowl. |
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