Cocker

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. One given to cockfighting. [Obs.] Steele.

2. A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] Drayton.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

Th 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.