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cocker

/ˈkɒkə/ noun

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noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cocker at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. One who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.
  2. One who hunts woodcocks.
  3. A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs originally bred for hunting woodcocks.

noun

  1. A rustic high shoe; half-boot.
  2. A quiver.

noun

  1. Friend, mate.

verb

  1. To make a nestle-cock of; to indulge or pamper .

Origin

From cock (“a male bird, especially a rooster”) and its derivative cocking (“the hunting of gamecocks”), + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).

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