hot cockles

noun

a children's game in which a blindfolded person had to guess who was hitting them.

OriginFrench hautes-coquilles →
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Meanings

nounhot cockles (uncountable)

alternative hotcockles

  1. dateduncountablea children's game in which a blindfolded person had to guess who was hitting them.

Origin

  1. Frenchhautes-coquilles
  2. Englishhot cockles

From French hautes-coquilles. Compare French main chaude (“hot hand”), referring to the same game. By surface analysis, hot + cockle.

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hot cockles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20cockles

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“hot cockles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20cockles. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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