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Sep. 19, 2016
cosset\KOS-it\verb
1. to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle.
noun
1. a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
2. any pet.
QuotesMrs. Dhondt is like Mrs. Crommelynck but ten times more so--in
truth, a dreadful creation who heads the Belgian Equestrian Society,
drives the Dhondt Bugatti herself, andcossets a powder-puff Pekingese
called Wei-wei.
-- David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, 2004
Origin of cossetCosset is of uncertain origin. The noun entered
English in the late 1500s.More From Dictionary.comSubmit a favorite
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