cocklewoman

noun

Etymology

From cockle + woman.

  1. inherited from wīfmann
  2. inherited from womman
  3. compounded as cocklewoman — “cockle + woman

Definitions

  1. A fisherwoman who catches cockles.

    • Broad, flat marshes on the Loughor Estuary provide Pen-clawdd with its basic livelihood - cockles. The cockle-women jog out over the marshes at low tide, riding on flat, horse-drawn carts.

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