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• I'm grateful for the three hots and a cot for four weeks.2017, Nancy Price, Blonde Broads, College Station, T.X.: Virtualbookworm Publishing, →ISBN, page 174. From the entry three hots and a cot
• We had to do controlled crying so he would stay in his cot at night.2017 March 14, Tamsin Kelly, quoting Charlotte Catton, “Breastsleeping: Is This How New Mums Can Get More Sleep?”, in The Huffington Post…. From the entry breastsleeping
• He could see the cot but nothing more than a murky silhouette covered in a blanket.2010, Andrew J. Peters, “The Vain Prince”, in Radclyffe [pseudonym; Lenora Ruth Barot], Stacia Seaman, editors, Myth & Magic: Queer Fairy…. From the entry dungeon master
• “But there is a bright side: three hots and a cot at taxpayer expense.”1996 January 29, Unknown, “JUST FOLKS Homeless man who went on-line jailed on charge of stealing batteries”, in Sarasota Herald-Tribune. From the entry three hots and a cot
• Lou Brent rolled from his cot, got to his feet on the floor of the tiny coop.1929 September, Raoul F[alconia] Whitfield, “The Dog-Fight”, in Boys' Life, volume XIX, number 9, Irving, Tx.: Boy Scouts of America…. From the entry coop
• Flanders whispered, and Rebecca nodded and went to the cot and turned down the quilt, and Mrs.1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC…. From the entry wedge
• Frickstad sherlocked around in the tents and under the cots looking for a missing rocking-chair.1908, The Blue and Gold, volume 35, page 52. From the entry sherlock
• Laid out on the cot was a single piece of dark clothing that looked like someone's deflated shadow.2011, Donovan Rush, Obsession. From the entry zentai
• So that they would be especially tired, David had spent an hour entertaining them in their cots earlier in the evening.1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus. From the entry pull faces
• Life cots for very small babies are also available.1990, Mary Edwards, Elwyn Edwards, The aircraft cabin: managing the human factors. From the entry life cot
• On the table next to the cot, Ka-Zar found the solution to the mystery—a large can of luminious paint!1941 April, “Young Ka-Zar”, in Marvel Mystery Comics, number 18. From the entry luminious
• Moreover, he was of gentle kin, and she was a poor lass biding in a cot house with an ill-reputed mother.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide. From the entry reputed
• "What the nation's the matter with our John?" he broke off suddenly as his eyes fell on the occupant of the cot.2025 March 2, Warren H. Miller, Red Mesa : A tale of the southwest, Good Press. From the entry nation
• The other was on the lumpy cot that had been covered in jewel-toned throw pillows to hide the fact that it was a lumpy cot.2008, Lisi Harrison, Alicia, page 15. From the entry jewel-toned
• DS was sicky when still in a moses basket, but had pretty much grown out of it by the time he was in a cot.2004 October 4, Mary Ann Tuli, “Sheets”, in uk.people.parents (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026. From the entry sicky
• I saw that Zoe's eyes were drowsed with milk, so I stumbled out of the room and put her back in her cot.1996, Sue Woolfe, “Ghosts”, in Debra Adelaide, editor, Motherlove: Stories About Birth, Babies and Beyond, Adelaide: Random House…. From the entry nappy table
• An old cook stove, a few cracked dishes, an apple-box cupboard on the wall, two cots and mattresses, a table, and a couple of chairs.1985, Lora Wood Hughes, No Time for Tears, page 132. From the entry apple-box
• Each object in our humble cot Reminds me of those happy days, And time itself can ne'er outblot The memory of thy winning ways.1902, William Cryer, Lays After Labour: Or, Evening Songs, page 243. From the entry outblot
• Jamie was sitting in Daisy's cot next to her, wearing his new Batman outfit, back to front, attempting to tie his Batcape around his protesting baby sister.2014, Maeve Haran, The Time of their Lives. From the entry batcape
• I was sleeping on a cot at the foot of Miss Olivia's bed, and I woke up suddenly to hear her breathing far gone in deep rest.1999, Reynolds Price, Roxanna Slade: A Novel, page 43. From the entry far gone
• Must be a different guard, this clump-clumper, he thought, sitting up on the cot and rubbing the sleep from his eyes with the backs of his hands.1995, Guy Slaughter, Unprotected Witness, page 62. From the entry clumper
• Twill tape at the four corners ties the enclosure to stout sticks stuck in the ground or to sticks tied to the corners of a cot.1982 March, “How It's Done: A Sleeping Bag Canopy”, in Field & Stream, page 190. From the entry twill tape
• Bill Reed, inside the tank, heaved a sigh of relief, imbibed a cafe royale, smoked a cigaret, turned on the radio, and lay down on a cot.1935 May, Frank J. Taylor, “Deep Sea Money Job”, in Alec X. McCausland, editor, The Olympian, volume XXIII, number 5, San Francisco…. From the entry cafe royale

Meaning of cot

1. noun A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
2. noun A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.
3. noun A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.

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Questions about cot in a sentence

How do you use cot in a sentence?

Cot is used as a noun. For example: “I'm grateful for the three hots and a cot for four weeks.”

What is a short sentence with cot?

“a cot for a sore finger”

What does cot mean?

Cot means a simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.