cockerpoo

English

Etymology

Blend of cocker spaniel +‎ poodle

Noun

cockerpoo (plural cockerpoos)

1. Alternative form of cockapoo
   • 2003, John Farris, The Fury and the Power, page 276:

     A mixed bag of Cockerpoo, shih tzu, and Lhasa apso, a breed which Charmaine's little sister called a "lapsed abscess."

   • 2005, Carole Fletcher, Healed by Horses: A Memoir, page 37:

     I remember my dog December — a little black-and-white cockerpoo named for the month I got her — following closely at my heels as she always did, [...].

   • 2006, Iain Zaczek, Dogs Facts, Figures & Fun, page 52:

     The Cockapoo or Cockerpoo (Cocker Spaniel + Poodle) was developed in the US in the 1960s.