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cockapoo, n. U.S.
Brit. |ˌkɒkəˈpuː|, U.S. |ˈkɑkəˌpu|
Forms: 19– cockapoo, 19– cockerpoo
[‹ cocker n.2 + poo- (in poodle n.), after cockatoo n. Compare peekapoo n.]
A dog cross-bred from an American cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle.
1960Holiday (N.Y.) June 152/2 (caption) Poocock, or Cockerpoo. This up-and-coming ‘breed’ originated about 1954 in Los Angeles... It is virtually unknown in the East. 1979Washington Post 1 Apr. c5/5 (advt.) Cock-a-poo—3½ mos., blk w/ silver, shots wormed, paper-trained. $75. 1989K. Green Night Angel xi. 117 She'd been a divorced pet groomer. Specialty: poodles, Lhasa apsos, cockapoos. 2004Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 29 May a1 The friendly, 8-year-old cockapoo was a passenger Thursday afternoon when Lance Quale's locked, white, 1998 Prism went missing from Downtown Madison. |