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kok´ẽr (τιθηνεÌω, titheÌ„neÌoÌ„, “to nurse,†“coddle,†“pamperâ€): Occurs only in Ecclesiasticus 30:9 with the meaning “to pamperâ€: “Cocker thy child, and he shall make thee afraidâ€; so Shakespeare, “a cockered silken wantonâ€; now seldom used; Jean Ingelow, “Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves.