Meaning of Cocker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.
2. A rustic high shoe; half-boot.
3. Friend, mate.
   UK, informal
4. A surname.
5. One who hunts woodcocks.
   dated
6. A quiver.
   obsolete
7. A river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Derwent at Cockermouth.
8. A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs originally bred for hunting woodcocks.
   colloquial
9. A short river in Lancashire, England, which flows into the Lune estuary.
10. A device that aids in cocking a crossbow.

Equivalents

Examples

“You have your choice of two stock-mounted cocking aids: the Acudraw 50, an integral rope cocker, or the Acudraw crank-operated device.”

“The down side is that they are hard to draw without special lever cockers.”

“The standard default cocking mechanism is the rope cocker.”

“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...”

“He said, 'Not my cup of Darjeeling, cocker. I've been more intellectually challenged at a kiddies' swimming gala.'”

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