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Cocker vs Corker - What's the difference?

cocker | corker |

As nouns the difference between cocker and corker

is that cocker is (dated) one who breeds gamecocks or arranges cockfights or cocker can be a rustic high shoe, half-boots or cocker can be (uk|informal) friend, mate while corker is one who puts corks into bottles.

As a verb cocker

is to make a nestle-cock of; to indulge or pamper (particularly of children).

cocker

English

Etymology 1

From

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated) One who breeds gamecocks or arranges cockfights.
  • (dated) One who hunts gamecocks.
  • # (colloquial) A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs originally bred for hunting gamecocks.

    • Derived terms

    * cocker spaniel

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) coker "a quiver, boot" from (etyl) cocer "quiver, case" from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rustic high shoe, half-boots

    • Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain. Perhaps (etyl) cokeren; compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, informal) Friend, mate.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1993 , first = Arnold , last = Wesker , authorlink = Arnold Wesker , title = Bluey , passage = I been to see 'im. Not pretty. Ward sister tell me 'e'll be alright but not for a while yet. Concussion. Bloody 'ell! Lucky 'e wasn't killed, lump of lead like that. Lucky for you too, cocker ... }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2004 , first = Sue , last = Townsend , authorlink = Sue Townsend , title = Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction , isbn = 9780718146900 , page = 361 , passage = He said, 'Not my cup of Darjeeling, cocker . I've been more intellectually challenged at a kiddies' swimming gala.' }}
    Synonyms
    * See
    Derived terms
    * old cocker

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a nestle-cock of; to indulge or pamper (particularly of children)
  • :1611 , (King James Bible), (Ecclesiasticus), xxx. 9
  • ::Cocker thy childe, and hee ?hall]] make thee afraid: play with him and he will bring thee to [[heaviness, heauinesse.
  • * J. Ingelow
    • Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up.
    Derived terms
    * cocker up ----

    corker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who puts corks into bottles.
  • *1857 , , The Confidence-Man , chapter 30,
  • *:Yes it is, Frank. Don't you see? Laertes is to take the best of care of his friends—his proved friends, on the same principle that a wine-corker takes the best of care of his proved bottles.
  • (informal) A person or thing that is exceptional or remarkable.
  • *1889 , , A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ,
  • *:Well, a body is bound to admit that for just a modest little one-line ad., it's a corker .

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