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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cocker \Cock"er\, verb (used with an object) [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.
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