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Definition of Cockering

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

Meaning of Cockering from wikipedia

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- Station in the city centre. The potential for further sites at Thanington, ****ering Farm and Harbledown were studied by the city council in 2009, but none...
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- second novel The Diabolical Club was published in 2019 and his third, ****erings, in 2021. In 2012 he co-wrote the pilot for a radio series called 101...