Definition of "cocker spaniel" []

• A dog of a breed originally developed in England, having long drooping ears and a variously colored silky coat. (noun)

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• "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."
• "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."