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hot cockles

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables
hot -cock-les
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

hotcockles (alternative)

Questions

What does hot cockles mean?
a children's game in which a blindfolded person had to guess who was hitting them.
Where does hot cockles come from?
From French hautes-coquilles. Compare French main chaude (“hot hand”), referring to the same game. By surface analysis, hot + cockle.

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