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▪ I. † coker1 Obs. slang. = caulker 4.
c1690B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Coker, a Lye. 1725in New Cant. Dict. ▪ II. coker2|ˈkəʊkə(r)| [f. coke n. or v. + -er1.] One who superintends the coking of coal; also, a workman employed in handling coal in or about a coke-oven, etc.
1793in Bogle Founding Carron Wks. (1898) 32 John Heggie, a fireman coaker. 1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 93 Steel Melting:..Coker. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §081, etc. ▪ III. coker obs. form of cocker, coco. |