OCKER

Proper noun

Ocker

Nickname for Oscar

Noun

Ocker (plural Ockers)

(AU, slang) Alternative form of ocker (a boorish or uncultivated Australian)

Anagrams

• Coker, Croke, coker

Etymology 1

Noun

ocker (plural ockers)

(Now chiefly dialectal) Interest on money; usury; increase.

Verb

ocker (third-person singular simple present ockers, present participle ockering, simple past and past participle ockered)

(transitive, Now chiefly dialectal) To increase (in price); add to.

Etymology 2

Noun

ocker (plural ockers)

(slang, Australia) A boorish or uncultivated Australian.

Adjective

ocker (comparative more ocker, superlative most ocker)

Pertaining to an ocker.

Anagrams

• Coker, Croke, coker

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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