cosh
cosh
Definition
cosh (käs̸h)
noun
Brit., Slang a blackjack, bludgeon, or similar weapon
Etymology: Brit slang < Romany, contr. < koshter, a skewer, stick
transitive verb
Brit., Slang to strike with a cosh
cosh
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- make: In my opinion, far superior in flavor to the marrow, although the latter obviously make better coshes.
Preposition: for
- period: Good 1. We stuck to it even tho we were under the cosh for long periods.
Adjective modifier
- chemical: They visited 28 nursing homes and examined the prescribing of what has been called the " chemical cosh " to 217 of the residents.
Modifies a noun
- boy: In the postwar years, the Elephant was attached in the popular imagination to the dangerous figures of the Ted and the cosh boy.
Noun used with modifier
- chemical: The chemical cosh has been a problem for some years.
Browse dictionary entries near cosh
- cosey
- Cosenza
- coseismal
- cosecant
- cosec
- Cosa Nostra
- cos
- coryza
- coryphaeus
- coryphée
- cosher
- cosign
- cosignatory
- cosigner
- cosine
- cosmetic
- cosmetician
- cosmeticize
- cosmetology
- cosmic
