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cross coves

cross coves is the plural of cross cove.

Meaning of cross cove

Noun

cross cove (plural cross coves)

  1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A thief or swindler.

Questions about cross coves

What is cross coves the plural of?
Cross coves is the plural of cross cove.

Words near cross coves in the dictionary

  1. cross countrys
  2. Cross County
  3. cross cousin
  4. cross cousins
  5. cross cove
  6. cross coves
  7. Cross Creek
  8. cross crosslet
  9. cross dowel
  10. cross dowels
  11. cross elasticity of demand

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross coves (page history and authors); cross cove (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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