Meaning of according to Cocker | Babel Free

Definitions

Done properly, correctly and reliably; in accordance with proper procedure and established rules.

British, colloquial, dated, idiomatic

Examples

““Well, so you ought to be, according to Cocker, spending all your time in sick rooms.” “According to who?” “According to Cocker.” “Who is Cocker?” “Oh, I don't know; some old fellow who wrote the rules of arithmetic, I believe; it's only a bit of slang.[…]””

“A man rode at an Arab who fired and missed him, and then seized his spear, with the apparent intention of meeting him as an infantry soldier should, according to Cocker.”

“It seems that a certain constable whose beat included Dorchester Square was going his round rather late one evening when he noticed a hansom cab drawn up about the middle of the south side of the square. There was no sign of the driver, and no one minding the horse; and as this was not quite according to Cocker, it naturally attracted his attention.”

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