cox
[koks]Informal.
- to act as coxswain to (a boat).
Origin of cox
First recorded in 1865–70; short form
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Will you, who have a coxing tongue will wheadle any one, write to her as soon as you have finisht the famous tradgedy?
The VirginiansWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
cox
- a coxswain, esp of a racing eight or four
- to act as coxswain of (a boat)
Cox
- David. 1783–1859, English landscape painter
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Word Origin and History for coxing
Cox
surname, from early 16c., earlier Cocks (c.1300), in many cases from cock (n.1), which apparently was used as a personal name in Old English, also as a familiar term for a boy, later used of apprentices, servants, etc. Perhaps in some cases for the sign of an inn. In some cases perhaps from cook (n.), or Welsh coch "red."
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