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It was about a hundred paces long, composed of round, coggly stones, with just one patch of smooth sand at the lower end.

From Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness by Van Dyke, Henry

She had a worm-eaten stock, into which the barrel seldom was able to get itself fairly inserted; and even with the aid of circumvoluting twine, 'twas always coggly.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

When the day came, I thought all things in this world were loosened from their hold, and that the sure and steadfast earth itself was grown coggly beneath my feet, as I mounted the pulpit.

From The Annals of the Parish; or, the chronicle of Dalmailing during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder by Galt, John

A long, coggly, cracked slate-stone, whose unsteady clatter would make the soberest steed jump over the moon.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John