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cockler

/ ˈkɒklə /

noun

  1. a person employed to gather cockles from the seashore
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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There has been a search of the entire area and everyone involved has made strenuous efforts to find this missing cockler.

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A night-time rescue operation was launched after one cockler, Guo Bing Long, called 999 and said: "Sinking water, many many, sinking water... Sinking water, sinking water."

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Sinking Water, which takes its name from a cockler's emergency call on 5 February 2004, would "humanise" what happened, writer Daniel York said.

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The body of a cockler has been found off the Wirral coast in Merseyside, the coastguard has confirmed.

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A rescue operation began after one cockler, Guo Bing Long, called 999 and told police: "Sinking water, many many, sinking water... Sinking water, sinking water."

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