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cosset
/ ˈkɒsɪt /
verb
- to pamper; coddle; pet
noun
- any pet animal, esp a lamb
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- un·cosset·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cosset1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cosset1
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Example Sentences
Late in the day, on Tuesday the twenty-sixth, Cosset and his band made their appearance.
Her task should be this,—to feed and cosset him if possible into good humour before her guest should arrive.
That colt went off as ferce as a wild-cat, and come back as quiet as a cosset lamb.
And you will cosset him in them—to save his hoggish dignity487 and buttress up his heavy pride.
Aunt Hetty's blanket had been made from the wool of an especial cosset lamb that had lost its mother and been brought up by hand.
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