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cocker

coc·ker

UK/ˈkɒkə/ US/ˈkɑkəɹ/ uncommon dated informal obsolete uk
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

verb

1.

treat with excessive indulgence

  • “grandparents often pamper the children”
  • “Let”
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Origin

* As an English surname, from the verb cock (“to fight, wrangle”), itself from the bird. The river in Lancashire is also from the bird. * Also as an English surname, from the noun cock (sense 3) (“heap of hay”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Kocher. * The river in Cumbria is of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *kukrā (“the crooked one”).

Phrases

  • cannon cocker
  • cocker spaniel
  • merry cocker

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