Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A cobbler.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A tailor who botches his work.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective comparative form of cosy: more cosy
  • noun obsolete An incompetent tailor.

Etymologies

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Compare Old French coussier maker of mattresses, or couseor tailor.

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Examples

  • If you are looking for something a little warmer, the case also comes in cosier-looking versions craftily constructed out of old carpet patches.

    CORRUGATED CARDBOARD LAPTOP CASE | Inhabitat 2006

  • Their Highnesses never struck out a name; they welcomed with enthusiasm and curiosity the Hickses 'oddest and most inexplicable friends, at most putting off some of them to a later day on the plea that it would be "cosier" to meet them on a more private occasion; but they invariably added to the list any friends of their own, with the gracious hint that they wished these latter (though socially so well-provided for) to have the "immense privilege" of knowing the Hickses.

    The Glimpses of the Moon 1922

  • "The kitchen is the darkest room in the house and faces north," Kornstein says, "so we tried to make it cosier by using lots of wood – it's warm and inviting."

    Anatomy of style: Vintage Hannah Booth 2010

  • Stonechats build nests of moss and grass on or near the ground, then they make them cosier with wool and feathers.

    Ducks, dragons, and dictionaries 2009

  • They decided to make him look cosier by giving him a hat, slippers and a pipe.

    Simon Hoggart's week: We won't be taken for a ride, cabbies 2011

  • Stonechats build nests of moss and grass on or near the ground, then they make them cosier with wool and feathers.

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  • How much cosier it would be - how much more scientific - if we could safely say, you've got 4679 readers, so you've made it.

    Archive 2009-02-01 L. Lee Lowe 2009

  • How much cosier it would be - how much more scientific - if we could safely say, you've got 4679 readers, so you've made it.

    Measuring success L. Lee Lowe 2009

  • But on the cosier side, there's also an evening of wedding-themed shorts in Shoreditch Church, shorts projected onto your table at hi-tech Japanese restaurant Inamo, and the usual plethora of low-budget, documentary and dramatic work.

    This week's new film events 2011

  • How much cosier it would be - how much more scientific - if we could safely say, you've got 4679 readers, so you've made it.

    Measuring success L. Lee Lowe 2009

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