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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

10420 Appendix John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:10420
AUTHOR:Appendix
QUOTATION:Cockles of the heart.
ATTRIBUTION:Latham says the most probable explanation of this phrase lies (1) in the likeness of a heart to a cockleshell,—the base of the former being compared to the hinge of the latter; (2) the zoölogical name for the cockle and its congeners being Cardium, from [greek] (heart).
 


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