"merry cocker" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1897, Rawdon Briggs Lee, A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland, page 227",
          "text": "In fact the modern human beater — the fustian-clad yokel, with a long and stout stick and a stentorian cry of \"Cock ! cock ! cock !\" — has very long ago pretty well ousted the merry cockers or the more staid Clumber for driving the coverts; certainly an innovation not at all a desirable one.",
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          "ref": "1931 February 8, “Garden Dog Show to Start Tuesday”, in New York Times",
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          "ref": "1967 September 1, Fresno Bee, The, Fresno, California",
          "text": "Again, the merry cocker is coming back.",
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        "A cocker spaniel"
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        "(colloquial) A cocker spaniel"
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