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coz

American  
[kuhz] / kʌz /

noun

Informal.

  1. cousin.

coz British  
/ kʌz /

noun

  1. an archaic word and form of address for cousin

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Etymology

Origin of coz

Short form

Example Sentences

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We don't need a hitscan to kill Pharah, coz we have @Moowe_OW!

From The Verge • Nov. 5, 2019

“Im proud 2 b sportsperson coz ppl from diff cultures, backgrouds, sexes, ideologies, religion can cum 2gether n compete without biases,” she wrote.

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2016

A recent tweet: “You mess with N Korea’s Internet, you mess with me, coz I’m the only one here who has Internet.”

From Time • Jan. 13, 2015

Slang such as ain't, innit and coz has been banned from a school in south London.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2013

If Thou knew'st my mistress breathed on me, and that I cared her language, lived in her eye, oh coz, What passion would enclose thee!

From A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy by Spalding, William

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