cockles of one's heart
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This is capital stuff! it warms the cockles of one’s heart as it goes down; but, poor me! when, oh when, shall I have sixpence in my pocket to buy another quart?
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In America the only cockles we talk about are the cockles of one's heart, and we really have no idea what those are.
From The Guardian
A coal fire then was a sight to cheer the cockles of one’s heart, to look forward to for one long stage, and to think of for another.
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Dipped in tepid water and used as a sponge these bath bags make a velvety lather that softens and whitens the skin in a way that warms the cockles of one's heart.
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It was a feast of humour and a flow of fun, better than all the yule-tide fare that ever was provided—fuller of good things than any Christmas pudding of plums and candied fruit-peel—more warming to the cockles of one's heart, whatever those may be, than the mellowest wassail-bowl ever brimmed to over-flowing.
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