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To: livius

Dahell is a ‘cozzes’?


11 posted on 12/24/2018 2:09:58 PM PST by Lazamataz (You know, when I advised Democrats to vote AFTER Nov 6th, I didn't think they'd actually DO it.)
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To: Lazamataz

I think it’s in some Brooklyn dialect....

Like “States roits wuz one ov da cozzes of da Civil War”


13 posted on 12/24/2018 2:32:48 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Lazamataz

I believe it’s a variation of cosh, a heavy blunt object like a blackjack, used to deliver a noggin floggin’.


14 posted on 12/24/2018 2:36:58 PM PST by skepsel (Apres moi, le deluge.)
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To: Lazamataz

It’s what Cossacks wear.


15 posted on 12/24/2018 2:38:10 PM PST by csvset (illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: Lazamataz

They’re clubs, sometimes called coshes or cozzes. In other words, baton, billy club, or whatever you want to call it. They’re weighted and can do serious damage.


22 posted on 12/24/2018 4:13:40 PM PST by livius
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