A person who gathers or harvests cockles from the seabed.
From 'cockle' + '-er' (agent suffix meaning 'one who does'), a straightforward occupational term.
Cocklers were traditional workers in coastal communities, especially in Britain and Europe—it was backbreaking work harvesting tiny shellfish by hand in freezing water, yet cockles remain a delicacy that commands respect among food lovers.
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