- a variation of coze.
cose
Americanverb (used without object)
Example Sentences
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“I need to cose my eyes for two minutes. Then we’ll be on our way,” she says.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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Got my Jake, cose ah neber knowd him den.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States, From Interviews with Former Slaves Virginia Narratives by Work Projects Administration
I sezs dat ez you own baby cose hits jes like yer.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives by Work Projects Administration
Remember me respectfully to Madame Steinle, to my other friends "tante cose."
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Mrs. Russell Barrington
Let 'em be confound' an' put t' shame, fo' they hev privily laid thar net t' destroy me withouten a cose—even withouten a cose hev they made a pit fo' my soul.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald
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