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▪ I. coz|kʌz|
Also 6–7 coze, couze, 6–8 cuz, 7 cooze, cuzze, cuze.
An abbreviation of cousin (cozen), used in fond or familiar address, both to relatives and in the wider sense. So coz-german.
1559Baldwin in Mirr. Mag. (1563) M iij b, I drynk to you good Cuz ech traytor sayes. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. i. v. 67 Content thee gentle Coz. 1596― 1 Hen. IV, iii. i. 78 And deare Couze, to you The remnant Northward, lying off from Trent. 1600Dekker Gentle Craft 12 Coze, for those words heres thirtie Portugues. 1609Heywood Brit. Troy xii. xcviii, Then guard thee Cooze my Javelin now must fly. 1672Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Rehearsal iv. i, I'll follow you, dear Couz. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 4. 3/1 Search not the Cause in Wings or Head, dear Cuz. 1712Steele Spect No. 533 ⁋1 Your very humble servant, dear coz. 1794J. Williams (A. Pasquin) Crying Epist. 16 Coz-german to the best of Kings. 1849Miss Mulock Ogilvies xliii, Good-bye, fair coz.
▪ II. coz
var. cos, 'cos adv. and conj. |