Meaning of covess | Babel Free

Definitions

A woman.

British, archaic

Examples

“Shuter prevailed on him to step into one of these houses, just to see⟳ a little fun, as he called it, at the same time, assuring the doctor, that no harm⟳ might be apprehended, as he was well acquainted with the cove and covess, that is, the landlord and landlady.”

“Ah, Bess, my covess, strike⟳ me blind if my sees don't tout your bingo muns in spite of the darkmans. Egad, you carry⟳ a bene blink aloft. Come⟳ to the ken alone—no! my blowen; did not I tell⟳ you I should bring⟳ a pater cove, to chop up the whiners for Dawson?”

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