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Coxy vs Cox - What's the difference?

coxy | cox |

As adjectives the difference between coxy and cox

is that coxy is (obsolete) cocky while cox is much, many, plenty.

coxy

English

Adjective

  • (obsolete) cocky
  • * 1859 "Adam Bede" - George Eliot
  • *:...couldn't abide a fellow who thought he made himself fine by being coxy to's betters...
  • cox

    English

    Noun

    (coxes)
  • A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.
  • Derived terms

    * coxless

    Verb

    (es)
  • To act as coxswain for.
  • The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox a college rowing team.

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