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Cos

noun

Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle. Synonym: cosine.

Lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head. Synonyms: cos lettuce, romaine, romaine lettuce.

Coo

noun

The sound made by a pigeon.

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"Cos" Quotes from Famous Books

... me as soon as you 'ave it, a goodish-sized lump o' bread and drippin', or a big baked 'tater, cos' I am as empty as ever I can 'ang together. I don't want nothink tasty, but jist somethink fillin'. I'm very grateful for lions wot talk and 'elps yer like a pal; and please don't let no blighted coppers a see me, and lock me up. ...

— The Tale of Lal - A Fantasy • Raymond Paton

... genealogies trace his origin to Apollo,(10) as whose son he is usually regarded. "In the wake of northern tribes this god Aesculapius—a more majestic figure than the blameless leech of Homer's song—came by land to Epidaurus and was carried by sea to the east-ward island of Cos.... Aesculapius grew in importance with the growth of Greece, but may not have attained his greatest power until ...

— The Evolution of Modern Medicine • William Osler

... that black winter that took pore Mr. Leadbatter to 'is grave. Fair is fair, and I shall 'ave to reckon it a hextry, with the rate gone up sevenpence a thousand and my Rosie leavin' a fine nurse-maid's place in Bayswater at the end of the month to come 'ome and 'elp 'er mother, 'cos my hastmer—" ...

— The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes • Israel Zangwill

... the roses peeping out, The babes are at the door, We cannot make ourselves, you know, 'Cos ...

— Peter and Wendy • James Matthew Barrie

... eat 'em careful, miss," she said once; "'cos if I leaves crumbs the rats come out ...

— A Little Princess • Frances Hodgson Burnett

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