coker

¹

[ koh-ker ]

noun

1. Often cokers. an inhabitant of the mountains of the coal-mining regions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

coker

²

[ koh-ker ]

noun

, Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

1. cokehead.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coker¹

First recorded in 1785–95; coke ¹ + -er ¹

Origin of coker²

An Americanism dating back to 1975–80; coke ² + -er ¹

Example Sentences

"As a woman you take great pride in your hair," said Ms Nicholson, who lives in West Coker, Somerset.

From BBC

Justice Bryon White, who wrote the majority opinion in Coker v.

From Salon

Three decades after Coker, in a case called Kennedy v.

From Salon

Rice was leasing the Lamborghini from The Classic Lifestyle, said Kyle Coker, an attorney for the Dallas-based exotic car rental company.

From Seattle Times

And an uplifting section of the exhibition, dedicated to works by Black makers, includes a stirring portrait of the Baltimore minister, abolitionist, educator and author Abner Coker — painted by the artist Joshua Johnson, who, along with Coker, was a founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

From New York Times