Cockering

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cocker \Cock"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cockered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Cockering}.] [OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge,
     fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave),
     to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E.
     cockle, v.]
     To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to


     pamper.
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           Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid.
                                                    --Ecclesiasticus
                                                    xxx. 9.
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           Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. --J.
                                                    Ingelow.
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