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Cocker   /kˈɑkər/   Listen
Cocker

verb
(past & past part. cockered; pres. part. cockering)
1.
Treat with excessive indulgence.  Synonyms: baby, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil.  "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"





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"Cocker" Quotes from Famous Books



... for each day's arrear. Intent on the subject reducing it lower I found thirty pounds was the draught for each hour. Pursuing my theme, for amusement was in it, There were ten shillings sterling for each fleeting minute, And for ev'ry pulsation of time, called a second, "According to Cocker," two-pence must be reckon'd. ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 335 - Vol. 12, No. 335, October 11, 1828 • Various


Words linked to "Cocker" :   handle, do by, treat, spaniel


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