Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A dog of a breed originally developed in England, having long drooping ears and a variously colored silky coat.
Wiktionary
- n. Either of two breeds of dog, the American cocker spaniel and the English cocker spaniel.
GNU Webster's 1913
- One of a breed of small or medium-sized spaniels kept for hunting or retrieving game or for household pets. They usually weigh from eighteen to twenty-eight pounds. They have the head of fair length, with square muzzle, the ears long and set low, the legs short or of medium length, and the coat fine and silky, wavy but not curly. Various colors are bred, as black, liver, red, black and white, black and tan, etc.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England
Etymologies
- From its original use in hunting woodcocks.
Examples
“A life-sized ceramic cocker spaniel stood near the sliding glass door.”
“A baby in a high chair dribbling cereal down its chin, a chubby longhaired girl holding a cocker spaniel that looked to be older than God.”
The Debt Collector
“Nancy lives in Manhattan with her husband, composer and drummer Daniel Burwasser, their two children, Ian and Amanda, and a crazed cocker spaniel named Pepper.”
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