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BritishA lettuce of a variety with crisp narrow leaves that form a tall head.
- ‘To start I had the Greek salad of cos and oak leaf lettuce, red and yellow peppers, paper thin red onion slices, creamy feta cheese and a herb and mustard vinaigrette.’
- ‘These cabbages have more than one shape, for example long and narrow like a cos lettuce, or less long and barrel shaped in profile.’
- ‘Lettuces fall into three basic categories - cos, crisp head and loose leaf types.’
- ‘Roughly tear the cos into pieces and place in a large salad bowl.’
- ‘The new lettuce appears to be a cross between a cos and a deep red radicchio.’
- ‘A cos will serve 8, an iceberg about 10 and a butter lettuce will serve 4,’
- ‘Place cos leaves in a serving bowl then spoon in the lamb mixture.’
Origin
Late 17th century named after the Aegean island of Cos, where it originated.
Pronunciation
abbreviation
Cosine.
Pronunciation
conjunction
British informalBecause.
‘I got quite upset, cos I'd worked so hard’- ‘I'm not sure why I've never called her by name coz it's not like she'd mind.’
- ‘It's such a shame coz everything else I'm wearing is actually quite nice.’
- ‘Take a look now, coz I'll probably have given it up by the end of the week.’
- ‘Only look at it if you don't have to be anywhere for hours, coz you won't be able to tear yourself away.’
- ‘I can only hope for his sake that he wasn't, coz some of the answers he gave were plain awful!’
- ‘I went and sat in the dining room coz the table is big and my desk is too small for that kind of studying.’
- ‘I didn't take it off while shopping, coz then I'd have to waste time wrestling back into it.’
- ‘It took us a while to leave coz Clayton had misplaced his keys somewhere and we spent some time looking for them.’
- ‘I'm not saying any more at the moment cos as my luck goes, I won't get it.’
- ‘I needed to clear my name cos that's my livelihood, for myself and my fans.’
- ‘I didn't want to turn around and take a pic of the mountain cos that might be deemed ‘rude’.’
- ‘At lunch time I stand by myself in the playground cos none of the children will play with me and if I ask to play with them they say okay and then they ignore me.’
- ‘Edgar says its ridiculous cos how does one tell time with a watch face so small?’
- ‘I had to leave my school cos my girlfriend broke up with me.’
- ‘At the moment there's a backlash cos everyone's filming people arguing, spitting and cussing each other.’
- ‘Just cos it was for charity doesn't mean he couldn't do it properly.’
- ‘Sorry - can't give much more of a reference at the moment cos I gave my copy to an equally cheerful friend.’
- ‘He came to the studio cos he was interested to hear more of my stuff.’
- ‘This is according to the man who failed to raise the alarm cos he couldn't tell what the problem was.’
- ‘He reckons I should be able to spot him easily cos he's very tall.’
Pronunciation
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