This was the place in which for years her conscience had been Cockered to size and delicacy; and though it had become temporarily tough in Herr Dremmel's company she felt it relapsing with every turn of the wheels more and more into its ancient softness.
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim
"No; but you Cockered him up, the same as was done to they, by the wicked king, and his wife-the worst woman as ever lived.
"Springhaven A Tale of the Great War"
R. D. Blackmore
Is this what I have been Cockered up for?
"Life And Adventures Of Peter Wilkins, Vol. I. (of II.)"
Robert Paltock Commentator: A. H. Bullen