1736 Canting Dictionary / H / It revives the COCKLES of my Heart [phrase,drink]
said of agreeable News, or a Cup of Comfort, Wine or Cordial Water.
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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
The Vulgar Tongue originally collected by Grose, 1811.
Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).