cosher

[ kosh-er ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to treat with special fondness; pamper.

Origin of cosher

1
First recorded in 1860–65; perhaps conflation of cocker3 with uncertain elements, though frequently connected to Hiberno-English cosher “to feast, live at the expense of kinsmen,” from Irish cóisir “feast, retinue” (also of uncertain origin but perhaps ultimately from French causerie “conversation, talk”; cf. coze )

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How to use cosher in a sentence

  • Then, at the exact second that the ambulance is due, along comes their 'cosher,' knocks down the policeman on duty.

    Jack O' Judgment | Edgar Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for cosher

cosher

/ (ˈkɒʃə) /


verbIrish
  1. (tr) to pamper or coddle

  2. (intr) to live or be entertained at the expense of another

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