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cox
CIDE DICTIONARY
cox, n. [OE. cokes. Cf. Coax.].
A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull. [1913 Webster]
"Go; you're a brainless cox, a toy, a fop." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cox, n. (in full Cox's orange pippin) a variety of eating-apple with a red-tinged green skin.
Etymology
R. Cox, amateur Eng. fruit grower d. 1825
cox, n. & v.
--n. a coxswain, esp. of a racing-boat.
--v.
1 intr. act as a cox (coxed for Cambridge).
2 tr. act as cox for (coxed the winning boat).
--n. a coxswain, esp. of a racing-boat.
--v.
1 intr. act as a cox (coxed for Cambridge).
2 tr. act as cox for (coxed the winning boat).
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