coort

'You may have read in books how it was at Kilgobbin Castle King James came to stop after the Boyne; that he held a "coort" there in the big drawing-room -- they call it the

Lord Kilgobbin Charles James Lever 1839

Come along wid ye, and git yer desarts -- call a coort, boys, an 'sot up Judge Lynch. "

The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West 1859

V. "An 'I was thinking Hinnissy" (Mr. Dooley said in conclusion), "as I set in that there coort, surrounded be me fellow-journalists, spies, perjurers, an 'other statesmen, that I'd give four dollars if th' prisident iv th 'coort' d call out, 'Moosoo Dooley, take th' stand. '

Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901

No matther whether th 'constitution follows th' flag or not, th 'supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.

Christopher Brauchli: Money vs. Judicial Merit Selection 2010

No matther whether th 'constitution follows th' flag or not, th 'supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.

Christopher Brauchli: Money vs. Judicial Merit Selection 2010

"There's a kin 'lady in coort," stammered Wishart, "an 'she kens a' aboot it."

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Various

"You wasna in that wey o 'thinkin' when Dossie Millar, the skulemester, used to come an 'coort you, when you was up-by at the Provost's," said

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

Well, there was great rejoicin 'in the coort that the dhraggin was killed, and says the king to the little Waiver, says he.

Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Various

And as for the Dwkys coort, as of lords & ladys & gentylwomen knyts, sqwyers & gentylmen I hert never of non lyek to it save King Artourys cort.

Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam

The whiskey was sarved out in tubs and buckets, for they'd scorn to drink ale or porter; and as for the ating, there was laygions of fat bacon and cabbage for the sarvants, and a throop of legs of mutton for the king and his coort.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 11, 1841 Various