Crossword-Solution: COSSET
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Cosset | n. | A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general. |
| Cosset | v. t. | To treat as a pet; to fondle. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| COSSET | anagram | COSETS, ESTOCS |
We have 27 clues for the answer “COSSET”
| Clue | Answers |
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| protect too much | 1 answer |
| Treat very protectively | 1 answer |
| Treat like a pet | 1 answer |
| Treat as a pet | 1 answer |
| Pamper and pet. | 1 answer |
| Overprotect | 1 answer |
| Overindulgently protect | 1 answer |
| Make a pet of | 1 answer |
| Give an excessive amount of TLC | 1 answer |
| Fondle or pamper | 1 answer |
| Care for and protect in an excessively softhearted way | 1 answer |
| Care for lovingly | 2 answers |
| PET lamb | 2 answers |
| Treat like a baby | 3 answers |
| COCKER | 7 answers |
| Dandle | 12 answers |
| Molly-coddle | 16 answers |
| CATER (TO) | 17 answers |
| Fondle | 22 answers |
| Over-indulge | 22 answers |
| Lamb | 23 answers |
| Pamper | 23 answers |
| Coddle | 28 answers |
| Nanny | 31 answers |
| Pet | 39 answers |
| Baby __ | 62 answers |
| Pat | 63 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERAET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with COSSET (5)
There’s a friend, indeed! you’ll soon have proofs of that! If you love me, cosset him well.” So saying, he departed, leaving Brigitte bewildered.
Leaping clear of those desperate, wild-thrashing hooves, I found myself beset by divers fellows armed with staves, who closed upon me, shouting; and above these, her eyes wide, her full, red lips close-set, my lady looked down on me and I (meeting that look) laughed, even as her fellows rushed at me: "Go cosset your pretty springald, wench!" But even then, dazed and half-blinded by a hail of blows, I staggered, sank to my knees, struggled up again, smiting with bare fists.
CORYAT, famous for his travels, published as 'Coryat's Crudities' COSSET, pet lamb, pet COSTARD, head COSTARD-MONGER, apple-seller, coster-monger COSTS, ribs COTE, hut COTHURNAL, from "cothurnus," a particular boot worn by actors in Greek tragedy COTQUEAN, hussy COUNSEL, secret COUNTENANCE, means necessary for support; credit, standing COUNTER.
Well built, supple as an adder, modest and prudish in mien, she knew how to wait upon and cosset her master, accustoming him by imperceptible degrees to prefer the cuisine of the chateau to that of the wine-shops.
Whereupon the poet was likely to lose his temper, and declare, as Browning did, My Thirty-four Port, no need to waste On a tongue that's fur, and a palate--paste! A magnum for friends who are sound: the sick-- I'll posset and cosset them, nothing loath, Henceforward with nettle-broth.
Quotes with COSSET (2)
My brave husband came back from fighting the Turks and brought me a robe of silk and a necklace of human teeth. He sat up at night by his hearth telling tales of battle. Apparently the Turks are ten times more ferocious and fearless than the Scots. 'Perhaps we should invite them here to drive the Scots back,' I suggested, and he laughed, but he didn't kiss me. That's when I learned the truth about scars. A man with a battle scar is a veteran, a hero, given an honoured place a…
Fear is an underrated emotion. And that's why I think it's very dangerous to try and cosset children from it. A healthy scare is as good as as a healthy laugh. In fact, they're two sides of the same coin. There is a desire to shield from the knocks and bumps of reality.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, WSJ.
Used 21 times in crossword archives (1955–2022).