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cossie

cossie noun: a swimming costume.

Noun (1)

cossie (plural cossies)

  1. (Australia, UK) A swimming costume.
    • “Let's not bother with cossies Jack. Let′s pretend it′s years ago.”
      She remembered the times they had swum at Eleni beach totally naked, the moon and stars lighting the little waves as they rolled slowly to shore.2007, Elizabeth Slater, Sky, page 121
    • I struck off boldly, but soon found myself unaccountably labouring. The reason became abundantly clear when I stood up, clad only in two three-foot-long shoulder straps, with two stone of waterlogged cossie round my ankles.2009, Brenda Sensicle-Creese, Sensicle, But Not Always, page 3
    Synonyms:
    bathers

Noun (2) capitalized: Cossie

Cossie (plural Cossies)

  1. (informal) A Ford automobile powered by a Cosworth engine, especially the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth or the Ford Escort RS Cosworth.
    • The 525bhp rear-drive stunner may not be the most powerful Cossie we've ever featured, nor, with its dose-to-standard looks, is it the most outrageous feature car to grace these pages. But what it is, is damn-near perfect!2015 April, Jamie King, “Welcome to the April Issue!”, in Fast Ford, number 355, Cudham: Kelsey Media, →ISSN, page 5

Synonyms of cossie

Forms of cossie

pluralcossies
alternative formcozzie
pluralCossies

Origin of cossie

From costume + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

From Cos(worth) + -ie.

Words that rhyme with cossie

Questions about cossie

What does cossie mean?
Cossie means a swimming costume.
What part of speech is cossie?
Cossie is a noun.
What is the plural of cossie?
The plural of cossie is cossies.

Words near cossie in the dictionary

  1. Cosseys
  2. cossic
  3. cossical
  4. cossid
  5. cossids
  6. cossie
  7. cossies
  8. cossike
  9. Cossimbazar
  10. Cossin
  11. Cossington

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