cosset
[kos-it]
–verb (used with object)
1. to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle.
–noun
2. a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
3. any pet.
Russians, when abroad, are over-apt to play the poltroon, to watch all their words, and to wonder what people are thinking of their conduct, or whether such and such a thing is 'comme il faut.' In short, they are over-apt to cosset themselves, and to lay claim to great importance. Always they prefer the form of behaviour which has once and for all become accepted and established. This they will follow slavishly whether in hotels, on promenades, at meetings, or when on a journey.
This bag was made for my special comfort, and hung on the sofa where I lay all those weary days. Aunt kept it full of pretty patchwork or, what I liked better, ginger-nuts, and peppermint drops, to amuse me, though she did n't approve of cosseting children up, any more than I do now.
cosset
costive corseted closet cossets?
Lap dogs are one type of cosset. According to Wikipedia the Chinese Imperial Family carried tiny dogs in the "capacious sleeves of (their) robes." Ergo, "Sleeve Pekingese." I mean how cosseted and emasculated can you get?
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Re: costive corseted closet cossets?
This is another one of those words that I've never come across in one of its forms. I didn't know the noun use of this.
Along the same lines, when a friend's dog was sick in Moscow, the vet came over to tend to her and brought her dog with her. (Yes, vets make house calls.) I didn't see the dog at first when I came to visit, as it was hanging on the coat rack.
To make travel about the city and metro easier, this dog had been brought up being lugged around in a carry-all. It calmly hung there on the wall until the vet was finished and took it home.
Think Bruiser in the movie "Legally Blonde".Lap dogs are one type of cosset. According to Wikipedia the Chinese Imperial Family carried tiny dogs in the "capacious sleeves of (their) robes." Ergo, "Sleeve Pekingese." I mean how cosseted and emasculated can you get?
Along the same lines, when a friend's dog was sick in Moscow, the vet came over to tend to her and brought her dog with her. (Yes, vets make house calls.) I didn't see the dog at first when I came to visit, as it was hanging on the coat rack.
To make travel about the city and metro easier, this dog had been brought up being lugged around in a carry-all. It calmly hung there on the wall until the vet was finished and took it home.
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
hot dog, sea dog, sun dog, hangdog
This gives the word "hangdog" an entirely new meaning.
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Re: hot dog, sea dog, sun dog, hangdog
True, only this one was quite satisfied with its fate.This gives the word "hangdog" an entirely new meaning.
Now, of course, we need to find out more about where "hangdog" comes from.
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
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