a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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noun

a person who promotes or patronizes cockfights.

Origin:
1680–90; (game)cock + -er¹, i.e., gamecock fancier

verb (used with object)

to pamper: to cocker a child.

Origin:
1495–1505; origin uncertain

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cocker¹ (ˈkɒkə)

—n
1.	a devotee of cockfighting
2.	short for cocker spaniel

cocker² (ˈkɒkə)

—vb
1.	rare (tr) to pamper or spoil by indulgence

—n
2.	informal (Brit) a mate (esp in the phrase old cocker)

[C15: perhaps from cock¹ with the sense: to make a cock (i.e. pet) of]

Cocker (ˈkɒkə)

—n
	according to Cocker reliable or reliably; correct or correctly

[from Edward Cocker (1631--75), English arithmetician]

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