cosh
verbEtymology Probably from Romani košter (“stick”).
1
To strike with a weapon of this kind.
- Related terms
- bludgeon
cosh
noun/kɒʃ/
Etymology Probably from Romani košter (“stick”).
1
A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
- The caissier has a cosh and a gun to protect him, and to heave over the barrier and steal some notes and then vault back and get out of the casino through the passages and doors would be impossible.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Secret Agent”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 8:
2
A blunt instrument such as a bludgeon or truncheon.
- There is no need here to digress on the advantages or otherwise of using a 'cosh' in schools […]1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The lore and language of schoolchildren, page 374:
- Often, he walked around the room with the cosh in his hand, taking slashes at legs that happened to stray sideways […]2019, John Loveday, The Boy from Rod Alley, page 115:
- Derived terms
- chemical cosh, cosh pocket, liquid cosh, under the cosh