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cosher
[ kosh-er ]
/ ˈkɒʃ ər /
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verb (used with object)
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
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Origin of cosher
1860–65; perhaps conflation of cocker3 with uncertain elements; Hiberno-English cosher to feast, live at the expense of kinsmen (<Irish cóisir feast, retinue) is remote in sense
Words nearby cosher
Cosell, Cosenza, coset, Cosgrave, cosh, cosher, Coshocton, Così fan tutte, cosign, cosignatory, cosigner
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How to use cosher in a sentence
Then, at the exact second that the ambulance is due, along comes their 'cosher,' knocks down the policeman on duty.
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British Dictionary definitions for cosher
cosher
/ (ˈkɒʃə) /
verb Irish
(tr) to pamper or coddle
(intr) to live or be entertained at the expense of another
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