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It is 10 years since the Morecambe Bay cockling tragedy when the notorious tides and channels claimed the lives of 23 Chinese cockle workers.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2014

Outside agriculture the gathering of cockles at the estuaries of the Towy and T�f gives employment to a large number of persons, principally women; Ferryside and Laugharne being the chief centres of the cockling industry.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

I thought all this, and I believe my companions had very similar thoughts as we danced up and down on the short cockling sea.

From Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore by Browne, Gordon

The book may now be shut up if a waterproof sheet is put at each end to prevent the damp of the cover from cockling the paper.

From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Rooke, Noel

This makes a joint free of cockling, and when dry the inking can be completed across the joint.

From How to Observe in Archaeology by Various