Pet+lamb

  • 31cosset — [17] Cosset may originally have meant ‘someone who lives in a cottage’. Old English had a word cotsǣta ‘cottager’, which was formed from cot ‘cottage’ and *sǣt , an element related to the verb sit. This disappeared from the language after the Old …

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  • 32cosset — [käs′it] n. [< ? OE cot sæta, cot dweller; similar in sense to It casiccio (< casa, house), pet lamb] a pet lamb or any small pet vt. to make a pet of; fondle; pamper …

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  • 33cosset — /kos it/, v.t. 1. to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle. n. 2. a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb. 3. any pet. [1570 80; akin to OE cossetung kissing, verbal n. based on *cossettan to kiss, deriv. of coss KISS] * * * …

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  • 34cosset — cos•set [[t]ˈkɒs ɪt[/t]] v. t. 1) to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle 2) a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb 3) any pet • Etymology: 1570–80; akin to OE cossetung kissing …

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  • 35cosset — /ˈkɒsət / (say kosuht) verb (t) 1. to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle. –noun 2. a lamb brought up by hand; a pet lamb. 3. a pet of any kind. {compare Old English cossetung kissing} …

  • 36cade — adjective Etymology: English dialect cade pet lamb, from Middle English cad Date: 1551 left by its mother and reared by hand ; pet < a cade lamb > …

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  • 37Sweaty Handshake — Infobox Album Name = Sweaty Handshake Type = compilation Artist = Pet Lamb Released = Recorded = January, 1995 Genre = Rock Length = Label = Roadrunner Producer = Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album = Sweaty Handshake was the debut&#8230; …

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  • 38Nursery rhyme — For the UNKLE song by the same name, see Psyence Fiction (Album). See also: Children s music&#160;and Children s songs Hey Diddle Diddle , a popular nursery rhyme The term nursery rhyme is used for traditional poems for young children in Britain&#8230; …

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  • 39cos|set — «KOS iht», noun, verb, set|ed, set|ing. –n. a pet, especially a pet lamb. –v.t. to treat as a pet; pamper: »He had been cosseted by his grandparents all during his childhood. SYNONYM(S): fondle, caress, pet, indulge, coddle …

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  • 40cosset — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1579 a pet lamb; broadly pet II. transitive verb Date: 1640 to treat as a pet ; pamper …

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