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Cosh

//kɒʃ// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    cozy; snug Scotland
Noun
  1. 1
    A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
  2. 2
    hyperbolic cosine uncountable
  3. 3
    a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people wordnet
  4. 4
    A blunt instrument such as a bludgeon or truncheon.
  5. 5
    The cane. UK, dated, slang

    "There is no need here to digress on the advantages or otherwise of using a 'cosh' in schools […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To strike with a weapon of this kind. transitive
  2. 2
    hit with a cosh, usually on the head wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Probably from Romani košter (“stick”).

Etymology 2

Probably from Romani košter (“stick”).

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