cockly

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adjective

Marked with, abounding in, or infested with cockles

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Meanings

adjectivecockly (comparative more cockly, superlative most cockly)

comparative more cockly · superlative most cockly

  1. Marked with, abounding in, or infested with cockles

    To stand up in the cockly boats in the rough swirling water was at first rather nervous work, but we soon got not to mind it.

    1903, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 173

Origin

From cockle + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

clocky
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APA

cockly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockly

MLA

“cockly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cockly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockly.

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