coit

/ (kɔɪt) /

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noun

Australian slang buttocks; backsideAlso: quoit

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Word Origin for coit

C20: perhaps a variant and special use of quoit, referring to roundness

Words nearby coit

Cointreau, coinventor, coir, Coire, coistrel, coit, coital, coital exanthema, coition, coitus, coitus interruptus

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How to use coit in a sentence

In 1872, the second president of the University of California, Daniel Coit Gilman, said science was "the mother of California."
The Golden State Is Crumbling|Joel Kotkin|September 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But, if bi-coit-suk does not mean twins, I am greatly mistaken.
Left on Labrador|Charles Asbury Stephens
Dr. Coit need not fear that ridicule will excite apprehensions about the multiplication table.
Flowers of Freethought|George W. Foote
What a charm ther is abaat owt new; whether it's a new year or a new waist-coit.
Yorkshire Ditties, First Series|John Hartley

Aw tell'd him he'd made a fooil on me, an' aw consider'd mysen dropt on, but noa moor nor he wor wi' havin' to leave th' coit.
Yorkshire Ditties, First Series|John Hartley
As sooin as he coom near th' coit he could hear him snoaring away ommost as laad as a trombone.
Yorksher Puddin'|John Hartley