Meaning

2 senses

  1. (UK)Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.

    lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head

  2. (colloquial, uncountable)Cosmetology.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Stay nice and quiet, okay, 'cos I'll be back real soon.

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Origin

Clipping of cos lettuce, variously derived from the Greek island of Kos and from Arabic خس

Clipping of cos lettuce, variously derived from the Greek island of Kos and from Arabic خس (ḵass, “lettuce”).

Clipping of cosmetology.

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Forms

plural: coses
Singularcos
Pluralcoses

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
romaine lettuce
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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