{"id":12134,"date":"2017-10-07T12:34:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T17:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=12134"},"modified":"2017-10-07T12:34:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T17:34:14","slug":"word-of-the-day-243","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/10\/07\/word-of-the-day-243\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cockles<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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  1. any bivalve mollusk of the genus Cardium, having somewhat heart-shaped, radially ribbed valves, especially C. edule, the common edible species of Europe.<\/li>\n
  2. any of various allied or similar mollusks.<\/li>\n
  3. cockleshell (defs 1, 2).<\/li>\n
  4. a wrinkle; pucker:a cockle in fabric.<\/li>\n
  5. a small, crisp candy of sugar and flour, bearing a motto. [Dictionary.com<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Noted in The Violent Bear It Away<\/em><\/a>, Flannery O’Connor:<\/p>\n

    “It was sass he had got from them,” the old man said. “Just parrot-mouthing all they had ever said about how I was a crazy man. The truth was even if they told him not to believe what I had taught him, he couldn’t forget it. He never could forget that there was a chance that that simpleton was not his only father. I planted the seed in him and it was there for good. Whether anybody liked it or not.”<\/p>\n

    “It fell amongst cockles,” Tarwater said. “Say the sass.”<\/p>\n

    “It fell in deep,” the old man said, “or else after that crash he wouldn’t have come out here hunting me.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    And, no, I didn’t pick up on any humor or Catholic themes in this grim novel concerning runaway Godliness. And what was that rape scene about anyways?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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