Cocker Spaniel Definition

noun
Any of a breed of small spaniels with a compact body, short legs, long, silky hair, and long, drooping ears.
Webster's New World
An English cocker spaniel.
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Noun

Singular:
cocker spaniel
Plural:
cocker-spaniels

Origin of Cocker Spaniel

  • From its original use in hunting woodcocks

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cocker Spaniel Sentence Examples

  • The new canine member of our family was a happy little feller with a fair dose of Cocker Spaniel in his genealogy.

  • There were pets, though - cats and a little Cocker Spaniel that died two weeks after Mom died.

  • A black-brindled Scottish terrier belonging to a famous breed had first a litter of pups to a curly-haired liver-and-white cocker-spaniel.

  • She remembers that Justice had a golden cocker spaniel called Sally.

  • Paddy is a 1 1/2 year old cocker spaniel.

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