cos

plural coses

1. UKSynonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.

   Synonyms: romaine lettuce

1. IrelandSouth AfricaUKinformalAfrican-American VernacularInformal spelling of 'cause (“because”).

   Taking the shortcut through the alleyway by the Jobcentre Plus, just cos I can, we arrive at my flat within minutes.

   2021, Isabel Waidner, Sterling Karat Gold, Peninsula Press, page 161

plural cosses

1. alternativeinformalAfrican-American VernacularAlternative form of coz, cousin.

1. pluralplural of co

alternative co's

1. nonstandardBelonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive determiner, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their.

   Psychiatrists are trained to try to impose the responsibility for a patient’s problem on the patient coself, rather than on cos environment.

   1973, Michael Glenn, Richard Kunnes, Repression or Revolution?: Therapy in the United States Today, Harper Colophon Books, →ISBN, page 53

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   WHEREAS a child’s sexuality is just as much a part of cos whole person from birth as the blood that flows in cos veins, making cos sexual rights inherent and inalienable […]

   1975, Valida Davila, “A Child’s Sexual Bill of Rights”, in Bernhardt J. Hurwood, editor, The Whole Sex Catalogue, New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 287

   Co absents coself from the Community for more than three weeks beyond the point of having made satisfactory arrangements with the Community with regard to cos absence.

   1986, Ingrid Komar, Living the Dream: Twin Oaks Community 1979-1982, Louisa, Va.: Twin Oaks Community, →OCLC, page 355

plural coses

1. alternativeAlternative form of coss, a traditional Nepali unit of distance.

   The stages and distances are as follows:—Hitounda to Bhainsa Dobháng, 3½ cos; to Bhimphédy, 4 cos; to Tambakhâni, 3 cos; to Chitlong, 3 cos; to Thankot, 3 cos; to Káthmándú, 3 cos—Total, 19½ cos.

   1857, Brian Houghton Hodgson, Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal, No. XXVII: Papers Relative to the Colonization, Commerce, Physical Geography, &c., &c., of the Himalaya Mountains and Nepal, p. 22

1. colloquialuncountableCosmetology.

   1 more example

   Miss Julie's School of Beauty is a startup, nonprofit cosmetology school based in Rochester designed to empower those at risk and survivors of human trafficking through vocational training. ¶ "The thing is we are not just another cosmetology school," Chapus said. "We are not a for-profit cos school where everybody and anybody can come to. We are a therapeutic support cosmetology school with a restorative aspect."

   2023 July 19, Wendy Wright, quoting Julie Chapus, “Rochester woman helping trafficking survivors start over with cosmetology”, in Spectrum News, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2023

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Kos, an island of the Aegean, Greece.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Chamber of Secrets.