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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A former spelling of cot.

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Examples

  • My writing heart feels as crushed as that last bit of toothpaste that refuses to be squeezed out its flattened, mangled tube because someone (and I won’t name name but it begins with S and ends in cott) left the cap off again …

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » That’s Right. It’s Contest Time. 2009

  • The Indianapolis start-up just raised $4.5 million in funding from angel backers S cott A. Jones and

    Enterprise Dispatch 2010

  • Clutching at straws, how about a connection between “Cait” and the “-cott-” element in Attacotti?

    Archive 2009-11-01 Carla 2009

  • Clutching at straws, how about a connection between “Cait” and the “-cott-” element in Attacotti?

    Attacotti Carla 2009

  • I called for a Citgo BUY-cott, to protest Bush's interventionist foreign policy while supporting innovative anti-poverty programs in Venezuela.

    Jeff Cohen: Go to Venezuela, You Idiot! 2008

  • Jesse Formica has taken to calling the boycott a ploy-cott.

    David Quigg: Underdog Wins Gold at 2012 Sarah-lympics 2008

  • S cott Sundby's new book on the death penalty ( "A Life and Death Decision: A Jury Weighs the Death Penalty") got a rave review in the New York Law Journal a couple of days ago.

    Is That Legal?: Crime and Criminal Law Archives 2006

  • I think I'll be calling her Harri-cott if she carries on this trend.

    Let's Start Harriet-Watch 2007

  • I called for a Citgo BUY-cott, to protest Bush's interventionist foreign policy while supporting innovative anti-poverty programs in Venezuela.

    Go to Venezuela, You Idiot 2006

  • Jonathan Cheechoo scored twice and defenseman cott Hannan and

    USATODAY.com 2004

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