merry cocker
noun1
Colloquial A cocker spaniel
- In fact the modern human beater — the fustian-clad yokel, with a long and stout stick and a stentorian cry of "Cock ! cock ! cock !" — has very long ago pretty well ousted the merry cockers or the more staid Clumber for driving the coverts; certainly an innovation not at all a desirable one.1897, Rawdon Briggs Lee, A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland, page 227:
- The merry Cocker now is one of the most popular of breeds.1931 February 8, “Garden Dog Show to Start Tuesday”, in New York Times:
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- Again, the merry cocker is coming back.1967 September 1, Fresno Bee, The, Fresno, California: