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: any of a breed of spaniels developed in the U.S. from the English cocker spaniel that are smaller in size and have a shorter muzzle and longer thicker coat
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Jodie Dance of Warwickshire, England, was strolling with her cocker spaniels Bow and Bella when the dogs ran off together.
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Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
Every so often, labradoodles, cocker spaniels, retrievers, dachshunds and their owners trotted by the aperture of the shack’s open door.
—Susan Dominus, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
The English cocker spaniel obliged, earning a treat from the sportsman before pouncing up for more.
—Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
Ariel the cocker spaniel was named after the star of The Little Mermaid because her extra appendages looked like a flipper.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
When a crate arrived at the White House just before Christmas in 1947 with a 5-week-old cocker spaniel named Feller as a gift, Truman was immune to his charms and gave him to his White House physician, Wallace Graham.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
One portrait showed Princess Charlotte posing in a field of bluebells near the family's country home, Anmer Hall, while another featured the royal hugging the family's cocker spaniel, Orla. This year, Princess Charlotte's birthday week will be a busy one.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
Then there was a ninety-year-old grandmother and a cocker spaniel who went by Benjamin, as in Benjamin Franklin.
—Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
In another family tie, Ella was the mother of Lupo, the black cocker spaniel that Princess Kate and Prince William had for nine years until the dog's death in November 2020.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
Every so often, labradoodles, cocker spaniels, retrievers, dachshunds and their owners trotted by the aperture of the shack’s open door.
—Susan Dominus, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
The English cocker spaniel obliged, earning a treat from the sportsman before pouncing up for more.
—Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
Ariel the cocker spaniel was named after the star of The Little Mermaid because her extra appendages looked like a flipper.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
When a crate arrived at the White House just before Christmas in 1947 with a 5-week-old cocker spaniel named Feller as a gift, Truman was immune to his charms and gave him to his White House physician, Wallace Graham.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
One portrait showed Princess Charlotte posing in a field of bluebells near the family's country home, Anmer Hall, while another featured the royal hugging the family's cocker spaniel, Orla. This year, Princess Charlotte's birthday week will be a busy one.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
Then there was a ninety-year-old grandmother and a cocker spaniel who went by Benjamin, as in Benjamin Franklin.
—Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
In another family tie, Ella was the mother of Lupo, the black cocker spaniel that Princess Kate and Prince William had for nine years until the dog's death in November 2020.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
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cocker spaniel
noun
cock·er spaniel
ˌkäk-ər- 
: any of a breed of small spaniels with long drooping ears and long silky coat
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