cole
noun
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rapeseed.
coles
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pluralof cole.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Buttar waisted as if it had been dirt, coles flung away, candles burnt at both ends, tea and meat the same.
From The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond by William Makepeace Thackeray
Strikes makes coles dere, and likewise heverything helse as the men gives hover makin.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
To which it may perhaps not be unseasonable to add, that a very worthy person in London, suggests the Pitch, drawn out of Sea coles, for a good Remedy to scare away these noysome insects.
From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Henry Oldenburg
The profitt to be made of the said woodes is either by convertinge the same to coles, and soe for makinge iron or otherwise by sellinge of the tymber by the tonne.
From The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account by H. G. (Henry George) Nicholls
Me and my girl Sally, we've made the attic as confortable as we can and I've lit a fire up there once, but you see mum coles costs money like everythink else.
From Daisy Ashford: Her Book by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
