ər verb (used with object)
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
Origin:
1860–65; perhaps conflation of cocker3 with uncertain elements; Hiberno-English cosher to feast, live at the expense of kinsmen (< Irish cóisir feast, retinue) is remote in sense
1860–65; perhaps conflation of cocker3 with uncertain elements; Hiberno-English cosher to feast, live at the expense of kinsmen (< Irish cóisir feast, retinue) is remote in sense
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to pamper or coddle |
| 2. | (intr) to live or be entertained at the expense of another |
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cosher
1630s, phonetic spelling of Ir. coisir "feast, entertainment."
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