| 释义 |
covess slang or vulgar.|ˈkəʊvɪs|
[f. cove n.2 + -ess.]
A female ‘cove’.
1789G. Parker Life's Painter 144 He was well acquainted with the cove and covess. 1819London Guide 226 He was sweet, not to say nutty, upon the covess. 1827Lytton Pelham III. 292 Ah Bess my covess. |