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cockered

cockered is the simple past and past participle of cocker.

Meaning of cocker

Verb

cocker (third-person singular simple present cockers, present participle cockering, simple past and past participle cockered)

  1. To make a nestle-cock of; to indulge or pamper (particularly of children).
    • […] shall a beardless boy,
      A cocker’d silken wanton, brave our fields […]?c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King John, act V, scene 1
    Synonyms:
    cosset, pamper, posset

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Phrases with cockered

Questions about cockered

What is cockered the simple past and past participle of?
Cockered is the simple past and past participle of cocker.

Words near cockered in the dictionary

  1. Cockenzie and Port Seton
  2. cocker
  3. cocker spaniel
  4. cocker spaniels
  5. cocker up
  6. cockered
  7. cockered up
  8. cockerel
  9. Cockerell
  10. cockerels
  11. Cockerham

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