Cox
[kɒks] or [kɑks]
Definition
(n.) A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull.
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Examples
- She meant to be impertinently curious, just as such an Anne Cox should be. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Cox and Greenwood; but the Major being in Madras at the time, had no particular call for coals. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And there will be the two Gilberts, young Cox, my father, and myself, besides Mr. Knightley. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The column from Wilmington reached Cox's Bridge, on the Neuse River, ten miles above Goldsboro', on the 22d. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They talked a great deal about him, especially Anne Cox. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You and Miss Smith, and Miss Fairfax, will be three, and the two Miss Coxes five, had been repeated many times over. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The Coxes were wondering last night whether she would get into any great family. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Miss Nash thinks either of the Coxes would be very glad to marry him. Jane Austen. Emma.
- How did you think the Coxes looked? Jane Austen. Emma.
- You and Miss Smith, and Miss Fairfax, will be three, and the two Miss Coxes five; and for five couple there will be plenty of room. Jane Austen. Emma.
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