Green’s Dictionary of Slang
cosh, n. 1. a stout stick, bludgeon or truncheon, a ‘life-preserver’; thus cosh-bandit, cosh-boy, cosh-man, the cosh. 2. the action of knocking out or down with a cosh; a blow with a cosh. 3. in fig. use, anything forceful.
4 sub-entries
cosh, v. 1. to hit (with a bludgeon or ‘life-preserver’). 2. to break with any form of implement.
cosh carrier
(n.)
one who works with and acts as a bodyguard for a prostitute; thus cosh-carrying n. under cosh, n.
cosh-poke
(n.)
a club, a bludgeon. under cosh, n.
cosher, n. 1. one who carries a cosh n. 2. a police officer; also attrib.
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