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merry cockers

merry cockers is the plural of merry cocker.

Meaning of merry cocker

Noun

merry cocker (plural merry cockers)

  1. (colloquial) A cocker spaniel
    • In fact the modern human beater — the fustian-clad yokel, with a long and stout stick and a stentorian cry of "Cock ! cock ! cock !" — has very long ago pretty well ousted the merry cockers or the more staid Clumber for driving the coverts; certainly an innovation not at all a desirable one.1897, Rawdon Briggs Lee, A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland, page 227

Questions about merry cockers

What is merry cockers the plural of?
Merry cockers is the plural of merry cocker.

Words near merry cockers in the dictionary

  1. merry as a grig
  2. merry chase
  3. merry chases
  4. merry Christmas
  5. merry cocker
  6. merry cockers
  7. merry companies
  8. merry company
  9. merry dance
  10. merry dancers
  11. merry dances

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