About The Word Cocker
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Cocker
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What's The Definition Of Cocker?
[n] a small breed with a wavy silky hair originally developed in England
[v] treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" Synonyms | Synonyms for Cocker: baby | cocker spaniel | coddle | cosset | English cocker spaniel | featherbed | indulge | mollycoddle | pamper | spoil Related Terms | Find terms related to Cocker: See Also | do by | handle | spaniel | treat Cocker In Webster's Dictionary \Cock"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cockered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Cockering}.] [OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge,
fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave),
to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E.
cockle, v.]
To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to
pamper.
Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid.
--Ecclesiasticus
xxx. 9.
Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. --J.
Ingelow.
\Cock"er\, n. [From {Cock} the bird.] 1. One given to cockfighting. [Obs.] --Steele. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc. \Cock"er\, n. [OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver; akin to G. k["o]cher quiver, and perh. originally meaning receptacle, holder. Cf. {Quiver} (for arrows).] A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] --Drayton. |
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