Colloquial Variant guide

according to Cocker

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Done properly, correctly and reliably; in accordance with proper procedure and established rules.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, colloquial, dated, idiomatic

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History

Etymology

UK circa 1760. Eponymous of Edward Cocker (1631–1676), teacher and author of the popular mathematics textbook known as Cocker's Arithmetick (1678).