The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Cocker

kok'-er (titheneo, "to nurse," "coddle," "pamper"): Occurs only in Ecclesiasticus 30:9 with the meaning "to pamper": "Cocker thy child, and he shall make thee afraid"; so Shakespeare, "a cockered silken wanton"; now seldom used; Jean Ingelow, "Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves."

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.