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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1779
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†COCKLER, n. "The person who makes a husband a 'cuckold'" (E.D.D. Suppl.).Lnk. c.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 116:
Poor Sandy [the lover] . . . died in a few days after, so he [the husband] got quit of his cockler, and Leper's mother got her meal.
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