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Cockier Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'a cockier, a gatherer of cockles; Middle English cokeles.
Roger le Cokhelere (Close Roll, 4 Edward I).
The word is still in use on the English north-west coast.
Cockier Surname Meaning
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This surname is derived from an occupation. 'a cockier, a gatherer of cockles; Middle English cokeles.
Roger le Cokhelere (Close Roll, 4 Edward I).
The word is still in use on the English north-west coast.
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
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