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kok´ẽr ( τιθηνέω , tithēnéō , "to nurse," "coddle," "pamper"): Occurs only in Ecclesiasticus 30:9 with the meaning "to pamper": "Cocker thy child, and he shall make thee afraid"; so Shakespeare, "a cockered silken wanton"; now seldom used; Jean Ingelow, "Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves.»

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Cocker'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/c/cocker.html. 1915.

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Cocker