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Cocker
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cocker
English
River +
Etymology
As an English surname, from the verb en cock to fight, wrangle, itself from the bird. The river in Lancashire is also from the bird.
Also as an English surname, from the noun en cock#Etymology 3 cock (sense 3) heap of hay.
As a en de - surname, Americanized from de Kocher.
The river in Cumbria is of en cel-bry - origin, from en cel-bry-pro *kukrā the crooked one.
Proper noun
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en.
en river co/Cumbria cc/England, which joins the en Derwent at en Cockermouth.
en short river co/Lancashire cc/England, which flows into the en Lune estuary.
Further reading
Whaley, Diana (2006). A dictionary of Lake District place-names. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society. pp. lx, 423 p.76.
Anagrams
en ccekor recock