cuz

[kuhz]

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noun Informal.

cousin.

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Origin of cuz

by shortening and alteration

cuz

or 'cuz

[kuhz]

conjunction Informal.

because.

Origin of cuz

by shortening and alteration

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And two UK Wildcats embracing as they win what was evidently a big game, cuz there are streamers in the background.
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Maybe ten, cuz I ran into Dan Balz and we talked Nationals for a bit.
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In any case, this can't help but be the beginning of a positive development, cuz here's what will happen.
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Cuz as long as you're denying it to yourself it's not really real.
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It's 'cuz that feller is so smart that Ah feels shore the Boss won't get wind of mah hosses bein' lent.
Polly and Eleanor|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Well, I've got to get home, cuz I promised to meet him by twelve o'clock.
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Cuz it is hard work to ketch hens in the daytime whiles they are scratchin around.
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Don't you try to come that game, my chicken—'cuz I can stand a good deal, but I won't stand that.
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Pa's got a few buckshot in him; but he don't mind it 'cuz he don't weigh much, anyway.
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British Dictionary definitions for cuz

cuz

noun informal

NZ a term used by a Māori to refer to or address a family member

Australian a term used by an Aboriginal person to refer to or address a family member

Word Origin for cuz

shortened from cousin

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Word Origin and History for cuz

cuz

17c. as an abbreviation of cousin; 1889 as an attempt to represent the lazy pronunciation of because.

cuz

noun Informal.

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Origin of cuz

cuz

or 'cuz

conjunction Informal.

Origin of cuz

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cuz

noun informal

Word Origin for cuz

cuz