cosey

It was a pleasant little party in Mrs. Haley's "cosey" or "snuggery."

My New Curate P.A. Sheehan

To the child's loneliness and fear the tub looked "cosey," as he called it.

Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

Was the child that used to cuddle up to her in the window-seat to be read to, gone from her; that used to rush in every morning at all inconvenient moments of her toilet; that used to be found sitting in the dark on the stairs, like a little sleepy owl, because, for-sooth, it was so 'cosey'?

The Freelands John Galsworthy 1900

Was the child that used to cuddle up to her in the window-seat to be read to, gone from her; that used to rush in every morning at all inconvenient moments of her toilet; that used to be found sitting in the dark on the stairs, like a little sleepy owl, because, for-sooth, it was so 'cosey'?

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

"cosey" of felt or heavy quilting, which can be easily removed when wet or soiled.

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt

Bored by the duties put upon her by society, her wealth, and widowed blessedness, she had journeyed into the Northland and gone to housekeeping in a cosey cabin on the edge of the diggings.

LI-WAN, THE FAIR 2010

Western governments have never wanted anything other than control and they pretty much do not care how big a swine they cosey up to is as long as he does the job remember British and US support for Saddam Hussein?

The west should cheer, not fear, this cry for freedom in Egypt | Andrew Rawnsley 2011

Western governments have never wanted anything other than control and they pretty much do not care how big a swine they cosey up to is as long as he does the job remember British and US support for Saddam Hussein?

The west should cheer, not fear, this cry for freedom in Egypt | Andrew Rawnsley 2011

Amidst the hubbub that Clinton was zipping up on human rights issues like Tibet to cosey up to the economy which could help hers out of its mess, I can't help but think she's got it right.

China gets Clintoned (or is it the reverse?) 2009

Amidst the hubbub that Clinton was zipping up on human rights issues like Tibet to cosey up to the economy which could help hers out of its mess, I can't help but think she's got it right.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009