Where does “warm the cockles of someone's heart” come from?
warm the cockles of someone's heart (English) comes from Latin cochleae — nominative plural of cochlea; genitive singular...
warm the cockles of someone's heart (English): To provide happiness, to bring a deeply-felt...
Definitions
- To provide happiness, to bring a deeply-felt...
Ancestry of “warm the cockles of someone's heart”, step by step
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| 1 | Latin | cochleae | nominative plural of cochlea; genitive singular... |