"hot cockles" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hotcockles [alternative]
Etymology: From French hautes-coquilles. Compare French main chaude (“hot hand”), referring to the same game. By surface analysis, hot + cockle. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|hautes-coquilles}} French hautes-coquilles, {{cog|fr|main chaude||hot hand}} French main chaude (“hot hand”), {{surf|en|hot|cockle}} By surface analysis, hot + cockle Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} hot cockles (uncountable)
  1. (dated) a children's game in which a blindfolded person had to guess who was hitting them. Tags: dated, uncountable

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