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What (who) is cosset$16980$ - definition
cosset
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Cossets; Cosset (disambiguation)
I. n.
Pet lamb, hand-reared lamb; pet (of any kind).
II. v. a.
Fondle, caress, pet, coddle, make a pet of, make much of.
cosset
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Cossets; Cosset (disambiguation)
¦ verb (cossets, cosseting, cosseted) care for and protect in an overindulgent way.
Origin
C16 (asnoun denoting a lamb brought up by hand, later a spoiled child): prob. from Anglo-Norman Fr. coscet 'cottager', from OE cotsta 'cottar'.
Cosset
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Cossets; Cosset (disambiguation)
·vt To treat as a pet; to Fondle.
II. Cosset ·noun A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general.
