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cockerpoo en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of cocker spaniel + poodle.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of cockapoo.
   alt of cockapoo
   • I remember my dog December — a little black-and-white cockerpoo named for the month I got her — following closely at my heels as she always did, [...]. 2005, Carole Fletcher, Healed by Horses: A Memoir, page 37:
   • The Cockapoo or Cockerpoo (Cocker Spaniel + Poodle) was developed in the US in the 1960s. 2006, Iain Zaczek, Dogs Facts, Figures & Fun, page 52:
   • A mixed bag of Cockerpoo, shih tzu, and Lhasa apso, a breed which Charmaine's little sister called a "lapsed abscess." 2003, John Farris, The Fury and the Power, page 276:

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