cocker

cocker
    n 1: a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in
         England [syn: {cocker spaniel}, {English cocker spaniel},
         {cocker}]
    v 1: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
         the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn:
         {pamper}, {featherbed}, {cosset}, {cocker}, {baby},
         {coddle}, {mollycoddle}, {spoil}, {indulge}]
    

Cocker \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.
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         Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid.
                                                  --Ecclesiasticus
                                                  xxx. 9.
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         Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. --J.
                                                  Ingelow.
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Cocker \Cock"er\, n. [From {Cock} the bird.]
   1. One given to cockfighting. [Obs.] --Steele.
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   2. (Zool.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting
      up woodcocks, etc.
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Cocker \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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